Definitions for dovecotes

dovecotes dove·cote

Spelling: [duhv-koht]
IPA: /ˈdʌvˌkoʊt/

Dovecotes is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 236 anagrams from letters in dovecotes (cdeeoostv).

Definitions for dovecotes

noun

  1. a structure, usually at a height above the ground, for housing domestic pigeons.

Idioms

  1. flutter the dovecotes, to cause a stir in a quiet or conservative institution or group:

Origin of dovecotes

late Middle English word dating back to 1375-1425; See origin at dove1, cote1

Examples for dovecotes

Would my Lady think proper to allow a dovecote with silver pins?

See you later,' said Demi, swinging himself down at the door of the dovecote.

To eastward and to westward have spread the Tuscan bands; Nor house, nor fence, nor dovecote in Crustumerium stands.

So they invited a Hawk into the dovecote to defend them against their enemy.

She wore the dovecote, and over it an open circlet of gold and gems, to mark her royal rank.

The little kitchen, the poultry-house, the dovecote, were in ruins.

He climbed up the ladder, in three steps and as carefully as he could, to the dovecote.

I cannot ascertain the position of the rock Peristereon (dovecote).

As soon as they were inside the dovecote, the two accomplices were not acquainted.

What a lover to fall suddenly from the heavens into such a dovecote!

Word Value for dovecotes
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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