chicken coop

noun

plural chicken coops

1

: a coop (especially a cage or small building) for housing chickens

2

or less commonly chicken-coop jump : a usually wooden obstacle having an A-shaped frame that is used in horse jumping and traditionally in fox hunting to protect horses from wire fences

Examples of chicken coop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The fruit orchard, garden beds and chicken coops also add to the property’s character and country lifestyle. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2026

Uneaten salad scraps are dumped into the school's chicken coop. — CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026

The nearly 1-and-a-half-acre lot with ocean and mountain views spans seating areas, gardens, a chicken coop, yard, sheds, and citrus trees. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026

Drought has disrupted berry crops and other natural food sources that bears depend on, sending them closer to humans and into garage cans, bird feeders and chicken coops. — N. Kirkpatrick, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1687, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for chicken coop

• intergroup
• intragroup
• multigroup
• semigroup
• serogroup
• supergroup
• coupe
• croup
• droop
• drupe
• dupe
• group