kraal

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Recent Examples of kraal The kraal was a circular affair about 30 feet in diameter and was made of rocks piled about three feet high. Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025 The tiger had jumped into the kraal and killed the calves first. Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025 In fact, by 1978, black children could be shot on sight for leaving their family's kraal, or homestead. Alexandra Fuller, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2020 Inspired by a traditional kraal (village) and surrounded by four savannahs, the lodge is home to 30 wildlife species — zebras, giraffes, flamingos, and gazelles — some of which can be spotted wandering past room windows. Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2020 Next to each tent was a protective kraal of thorn brush for the animals at night. Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kraal
Noun
  • During the Civil War, a deadline was a line of demarcation around the inner stockade of a prison camp, generally about 17 feet.
    Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2025
  • The first was named after the legislature of the Texas Republic, although the first capitol, a log structure tucked behind a defensive stockade, rose not on Congress, but at West Eighth and Colorado streets.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • At the very top of the house, in a former dovecote with oxeye windows, there’s now a yoga studio and a roof deck with a hair-raising view of the river valley.
    Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
  • Surrounded by redwood trees, the half-timbered home has multiple rooflines and gables, three stand-alone dovecotes that look like little towers, and a fence of irregularly curving bricks.
    Erika Mailman, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • Regardless, two Kerri balls and one Mistress ball were placed in the sacred Drag Race Bingo cage, but whose name did Bruno pull out?
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 11 July 2025
  • But in the 43 games he’s missed since suffering a severe quad injury on May 23, he’s been just as impactful from the sidelines, picking up on pitcher cues from the dugout, chatting before and even during at-bats with his teammates, in hitters meetings and in individual instruction in the cage.
    Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Other small but apt touches include a Polaroid camera, a Clueless board game, and fuzzy pens, layered.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 July 2025
  • Gaylord also offers a room package that includes a DC Super Hero Supply Pack with an autograph book, a projector pen, a superhero cape and more.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • This week, available kennel space at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control’s facilities hit a record low.
    Lila Hempel-Edgers, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2025
  • Pictures of Usopp the dog who is struggling with kennel stress.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025

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“Kraal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kraal. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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