Definitions for Canaries

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Canaries ca·nar·y

Spelling: [kuh-nair-ee]

IPA: /kəˈnɛər i/

Canaries is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 378 anagrams from letters in Canaries (aaceinrs).

Definitions for Canaries

noun

1. any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus, especially S. canaria (common canary) native to the Canary Islands and often kept as a pet, in the wild being greenish with brown streaks above and yellow below and in domesticated varieties usually bright yellow or pale yellow.
2. Also called canary yellow. a light, clear yellow color.
3. Slang. informer (def 1).
4. Slang. a female singer, especially with a dance band.
5. a sweet white wine of the Canary Islands, resembling sherry.
6. a yellow diamond.

adjective

1. having the color canary.

plural noun

1. a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic Ocean, near the NW coast of Africa, comprising two provinces of Spain. 2894 sq. mi. (7495 sq. km).

Origin of Canaries

1585-95; Spanish (Isla) Canaria Latin Canāria (insula) Dog (Island), equivalent to can(is) dog + -āria, feminine of -ārius -ary

Examples for Canaries

And what if they're only the canary in the coal mine for doctors and MBAs and government workers?

I have a flower garden of my own, and two pets—a canary named Phil, and a cat.

Dick, the property of Aunt Judith, was a canary of thoughtful temperament.

I have a canary, and my brother and I had a pair of squirrels, but one died.

As has often been the case with issues of LGBT equality, this vote is the canary in the coalmine.

"He can't steal her canary for she hasn't one," muttered Bob Strahan.

I haven't had a canary since I was a girl in my father's house.

“This is not a judgment of guilt, nor is it a suspension of any other canonical penalty,” canary wrote.

Since retail can be the canary in the coal mine for the broader economy, there's real reason to be anxious.

The aforementioned stories may very well be legitimate, but let's consider them a sort of canary in the coal mine.