Definitions for heronry

heronry her·on·ry

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

Heronry is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 88 anagrams from letters in heronry (ehnorry).

Definitions for heronry

noun

  1. a place where a colony of herons breeds.

Origin of heronry

First recorded in 1610-20; heron + -ry

Examples for heronry

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for heronry
Scrable

13

Words with friends

12

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