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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A shelter for a dog.
  2. n. A pack of dogs, especially hounds. See Synonyms at flock1.
  3. n. An establishment where dogs are bred, trained, or boarded.
  4. n. The lair of a wild animal, such as a fox.
  5. v. To place or keep in or as if in a kennel.
  6. v. To take cover or lie in or as if in a kennel.
  7. n. A gutter along a street.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A house or cot for a dog, or for a pack of hounds.
  2. n. A pack of hounds; a collection of dogs of any breed or of different breeds.
  3. n. The hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt.
  4. To lodge or dwell in a kennel, or in the manner of a dog or a fox.
  5. To keep or confine in a kennel.
  6. n. A little canal or channel; specifically, the drainage-channel of a street; a gutter.
  7. n. A head-dress worn by women in the reign of Henry VIII.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A house or shelter for a dog.
  2. n. A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded.
  3. n. UK The dogs kept at such a facility; a pack of hounds.
  4. v. To house or board a dog (or less commonly another animal).
  5. n. A gutter at the edge of a street.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a gutter; also, a puddle.
  2. n. A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds.
  3. n. A pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs.
  4. n. The hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt.
  5. v. To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.
  6. v. To put or keep in a kennel.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
  2. v. put up in a kennel

Etymologies

  1. This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English kenel, from Anglo-Norman *kenil, from Medieval Latin canīle, from Latin canis, dog; see kwon- in Indo-European roots.Middle English cannel, from Old North French canel, channel, from Latin canālis; see canal. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “III. ii.89 (83,6) [Go -- to kennel, Pompey -- go] It should be remembered, that Pompey is the common name of a dog, to which allusion is made in the mention of a _kennel_.”

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  • “The word kennel developed so many negative associations and did not reflect the high-end services offered by boarding facilities that the American Boarding Kennel Association changed its name several years ago to the Pet Care Services Association, said Susan Briggs, a past president.”

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  • “Some of the violations described in kennel inspection reports include:”

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  • “I used to think that wasn't right but vets say a properly sized kennel is actually comforting to the dog.”

    My Dog Ate the _________?

  • “Her kennel is her spot though and I believe that she does truly feel comfortable there.”

    My Dog Ate the _________?

  • “I called the kennel to get the doggy hotel squared away; in haste I reserved their kennel stay for the day of the surgery and the day Mr. Sleyed needs to get back to work, totally forgetting that we are leaving early so I don't have to do the day-before-surgery prep in the car.”

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  • “Again, totally guilt-free for me, anyhow, although my wife makes me call the kennel every day we're gone to make sure they're doing all right.”

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  • “I would have heard if there had been, for the stable door was open all the time and his kennel is right across from it! ”

    Rilla of Ingleside

  • “Their lives were like those of their class: incessant labor, sleeping in kennel-like rooms, eating rank pork and molasses, drinking — God and the distillers only know what; with an occasional night in jail, to atone for some drunken excess.”

    Life in the Iron Mills

  • “The man said he called the kennel to request copies of X-rays and veterinary records, but an employee refused and became defensive before hanging up on him.”

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synonyms (4)

Words with the same meaning

  1. gutter
  1. haunt
  1. pack
  1. doghouse

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. outbuilding
  1. shelter

same context (1)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. presacanario

rhymes (25)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Occidental
  2. Oriental
  3. accidental
  4. continental
  5. dental
  1. departmental
  2. detrimental
  3. developmental
  4. elemental
  5. environmental
  1. experimental
  2. fennel
  3. fundamental
  4. gentle
  5. incremental
  1. instrumental
  2. judgmental
  3. monumental
  4. occidental
  5. oriental
  1. phenol
  2. sentimental
  3. supplemental
  4. transcendental
  5. transcontinental

reverse dictionary (16)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. dog-kennel
  2. unkennel
  3. canel
  1. cannel
  2. enkennel
  3. kennel
  1. doghole
  2. dog-house
  3. dog-tent
  1. AKC
  2. stable
  3. stall
  1. hole
  2. sink
  3. stud
  1. venery

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