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coops

noun , plural of coop

Synonyms and Antonyms of coops

1 a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody

was thrown in the coop for disturbing the peace

Synonyms of coops

bastilles, big houses [slang], bridewells, brigs, calabooses, cans, clinks [slang], coolers, guardrooms, hocks, holds, hoosegows, jails, jailhouses, joints [slang], jugs, lockups, nicks [British slang], pens, penitentiaries, pokeys [slang], prisons, quods [British slang], slams, slammers, stirs [slang], stockades, tolbooths [Scottish]

Words Related to coops

bull pens, cages, cells, holes, tanks

glasshouses [British], guardhouses, hulks

concentration camps, gulags, labor camps, prison camps, stalags, work camps

dungeons, keeps, oubliettes

reformatories, reform schools, training schools

Near Antonyms of coops

2 an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals

a chicken coop

Synonyms of coops

cages, corrals, hutches, pens, pounds

Words Related to coops

kraals, stockades

cotes, dovecotes (also dovecots), henhouses

folds, sheepfolds

aquariums (or aquaria), terraria (or terrariums)

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