Definitions for kennel

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kennel ken·nel

Spelling: [ken-l]

IPA: /ˈkɛn l/

Kennel is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in kennel (eeklnn).

Definitions for kennel

noun

1. a house or shelter for a dog or a cat.
2. Often, kennels. an establishment where dogs or cats are bred, raised, trained, or boarded.
3. the hole or lair of an animal, especially a fox.
4. a wretched abode likened to a doghouse.
5. a pack of dogs.
6. an open drain or sewer; gutter.

verb (used with object)

1. to put into or keep in a kennel:

verb (used without object)

1. to take shelter or lodge in a kennel.

Origin of kennel

1300-50; Middle English kenel Anglo-French *kenil (French chenil) Vulgar Latin *canīle (Latin can(is) dog + -īle suffix of place)

Examples for kennel

And once I had not run away from Hector when he broke loose from his kennel.

The stars are in a roped-off area about the size of a dog run at a kennel.

He was huddled in the back of his kennel, with his nose jammed down into the corner.

The American kennel Club maintains it is not a Berman customer.

This idea occurred to us on looking at our watch when we got back to our kennel.

He placed me in this kennel, vanished, and left me to my fate.

Oscar was a colley (sheep dog) which slept in a kennel in the cornyard.

His word was law in the stables, the kennel, the plantations, and the boat-quay.

Brus, 7½, did not react well to other animals and had behavioral problems which meant he could not be sent to a kennel.

When they've done with you at Government House, they may find a kennel for you there until morning.