What does kennel mean?

Definitions for kennel
ˈkɛn lken·nel

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word kennel.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. kennel, doghouse, dog houseverb

    outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog

  2. kennelverb

    put up in a kennel

    "kennel a dog"

Wiktionary

  1. kennelnoun

    A gutter at the edge of a street.

  2. Etymology: From variant of chenil, ultimately from canis

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Kennelnoun

    Etymology: chenil, French.

    A dog sure, if he could speak, had wit enough to describe his kennel. Philip Sidney.

    From forth the kennel of thy womb hath crept
    A hell-hound, that doth hunt us all to death. William Shakespeare.

    The seditious remain within their station, which, by reason of the nastiness of the beastly multitude, might be more fitly termed a kennel than a camp. John Hayward.

    A little herd of England’s tim’rous deer,
    Maz’d with a yelping kennel of French curs. William Shakespeare.

    Bad humours gather to a a bile; or, as divers kennels flow to one sink, so in short time their numbers increased. John Hayward.

    He always came in so dirty, as if he had been dragged through the kennel at a boarding-school. Arbuthnot.

  2. To Kennelverb

    To lie; to dwell: used of beasts, and of man in contempt.

    Etymology: from kennel.

    Yet, when they list, would creep,
    If ought disturb’d their noise, into her womb,
    And kennel there; yet there still bark’d and howl’d
    Within, unseen. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. ii.

    The dog kennelled in a hollow tree, and the cock roosted upon the boughs. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

Wikipedia

  1. Kennel

    A kennel is a structure or shelter for dogs. Used in the plural, the kennels, the term means any building, collection of buildings or a property in which dogs are housed, maintained, and (though not in all cases) bred. A kennel can be made out of various materials, the most popular being wood and canvas.

ChatGPT

  1. kennel

    A kennel is a shelter or boarding facility for dogs or cats. It can also refer to a small structure or crate used for housing dogs. Additionally, it can mean a breeding establishment or business that cares for pets when the owner is unavailable.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Kennelnoun

    the water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a gutter; also, a puddle

  2. Kennelnoun

    a house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds

  3. Kennelnoun

    a pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs

  4. Kennelnoun

    the hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt

  5. Kennelverb

    to lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox

  6. Kennelverb

    to put or keep in a kennel

  7. Etymology: [See Channel, Canal.]

Wikidata

  1. Kennel

    A kennel is a structure or shelter for dogs. A kennel is a doghouse, run, or other small structure in which a dog is kept. American English often uses the word "doghouse" in this context; in British English the term "kennel" is preferred. Used in the plural, the kennels, the term means any building, collection of buildings or a property in which dogs are housed, maintained, and bred.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Kennel

    ken′el, n. a house for dogs: a pack of hounds: the hole of a fox, &c.: a haunt.—v.t. to keep in a kennel.—v.i. to live in a kennel:—pr.p. kenn′elling; pa.p. kenn′elled. [Norm. Fr. kenil (Fr. chenil)—L. canīlecanis, a dog.]

  2. Kennel

    ken′el, n. the water-course of a street: a gutter. [A form of canal.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. KENNEL

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Kennel is ranked #26110 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Kennel surname appeared 938 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Kennel.

    85.5% or 802 total occurrences were White.
    9% or 85 total occurrences were Black.
    2.4% or 23 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.4% or 14 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of kennel in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of kennel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of kennel in a Sentence

  1. Charles E. Wilson:

    But I have always liked bird dogs better than kennel-fed dogs myself--you know, one that will get out and hunt for food rather than sit on his fanny and yell.

  2. Westminster Kennel Club:

    We are excited to host the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Lyndhurst, a unique icon of American culture with its park-like landscape and majestic castle overlooking the Hudson River, the wide-open outdoor space at this extraordinary venue allows us to hold a dog show safely while following current social distancing guidelines and public health regulations.

  3. Andrea Dutter:

    They used a few different methods to raise her body temperature : warm water, hair dryers, heated towels that were rotated out, and finally, we put her in heated kennel.

  4. Terry McAuliffe:

    Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign in waiting, ‘Ready for Hillary,’ … is piggybacking off the winner of last week’s The Westminster Kennel Club 139th Annual Dog Show to pitch some trinkets like dog collars and bowls. In the past, the group has featured a brown Boston terrier. But in a new email a beagle, like the show winner, is used.

  5. Van Sickle:

    At the end of Kennel Club, it was this individual dog, or dogs, that caused this unfortunate scenario, sometimes you get a bad apple, just like you do with people.

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