Definitions for heronries

heronries her·on·ry

Spelling: [her-uh n-ree]
IPA: /ˈhɛr ən ri/

Heronries is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 293 anagrams from letters in heronries (eehinorrs).

Definitions for heronries

noun

  1. a place where a colony of herons breeds.

Origin of heronries

First recorded in 1610-20; heron + -ry

Examples for heronries

Pixton Park (in which there is a heronry) is the seat of the Countess of Carnarvon.

There is a heronry in the wood, and pigeons build in the larches.

After this the pair re-entered the gig, and drove back toward the heronry.

Selous had shortly before raided the heronry on the island at Coombe Abbey.

The herons have just returned to the heronry after an absence of many months.

The open air seemed doubly sweet and fresh, after the fishy smell of the heronry.

They found the school very excited over a heronry which they could see on an island in the lake.

Even the little adventure with the stranger at the heronry enhanced this.

There is still a heronry at Dawyck, but not, I think, in an "Orch-yard."

But I declare I feel hurt that you should have been at the heronry and not paid us a visit.

Word Value for heronries
Scrable

13

Words with friends

12

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