kennel

noun

Definition of kennelnext
1
as in cage

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2
as in trench

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Recent Examples of kennel The sheriff's office's drone was used to assist in checking the approximately 28-acre property and helped identify old kennel and animal-confinement areas. — River Valley Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026 The upstairs neighbors had two mastiffs who were left home all day and who barked incessantly and scratched at the floor of their kennel. — Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026 The handlers may represent rival schools, but those rivalries tend to stop at the kennel, pasture or habitat gate, especially when another mascot is sick, retiring or in need of support. — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 The shelter also is in need of an indoor-outdoor kennel that can accommodate at least six dogs, to be placed at an employee’s property temporarily; and is seeking a donation of the item or money to go toward its purchase. — Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for kennel
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kennel
  1. cage
  2. trench
  3. pen
  4. ditch
  5. pound
  6. gutter
  7. coop
  8. culvert
Noun
  • Detectives located Ponce-Maqueda in an RV near rooster cages.
    — Larry Seward, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The gambling animals are out of the zoo, and putting the meerkats, lions and back in their cages is not going to happen.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of cage
Noun
  • Sharp suits and smoking jackets came alongside cocoon shapes, functional hunting jackets, double-breasted trenches and generous winter coats, with longer lengths and full collars suggesting the urban style of the 1980s and ’90s.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Once summer’s squarely behind her, the royal wears a steady rotation of coat dresses, trenches, blazers, and every other type of outerwear under the sun.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of trench
Noun
  • Some 104,643 defective pens were returned in the first 8 months of sales.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Rug Island — named after a season two episode where the characters use their imagination to create an island from a rug, throw cushions and colored pens — comes on a green and orange LP.
    — Tim Chan, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of pen
Noun
  • About four hours later, her body was found in a ditch in a forest preserve southwest of Chicago.
    — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The car then went off the road to the east, went into a ditch and struck a tree.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of ditch
Noun
  • The manufacturer says the drone can carry 330 pounds and is equipped with signal jammers and autonomous navigation to counter Russian electronic warfare systems.
    — DEREK GATOPOULOS, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Anello has gray hair and brown eyes, is 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs approximately 150 pounds.
    — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of pound
Noun
  • Officials urged displaced residents to check on their properties, clear gutters and remove debris before the rain arrives.
    — Jasmine Viel, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Rural roads lack curbs, gutters and sidewalks, and small farms with livestock are allowed and encouraged.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of gutter
Noun
  • In June, his daughter was visiting and spotted temporary coops going up before a permit had been filed.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Monster depicts Lizzie keeping a great number of doves as her dear pets, housing them in an elaborate coop out back.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of coop
Noun
  • Investigators noticed disturbed vegetation near a large culvert about 100 yards from the truck and sent in a sheriff's K-9.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Charles Rilli, representing the Sierra Club’s San Diego chapter, and Myriam Mendoza, representing the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, also voiced support for the Saturn Boulevard box culvert project.
    — Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of culvert

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“Kennel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kennel. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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