kennel

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: ken=nel

CIDE DICTIONARY

kennel, n. [See Channel, Canal.].

 The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a gutter; also, a puddle.  Bp. Hall.  [1913 Webster]

kennel, n. [OE. kenel, (assumed) OF. kenil, F. chenil, LL. canile, fr. L. canis a dog. Cf. Canine.].

•  A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds.  [1913 Webster]

  "A dog sure, if he could speak, had wit enough to describe his kennel."  [1913 Webster]
•  A pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  The hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt.  [1913 Webster]

kennel, v. i. 

 To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.  [1913 Webster]
"The dog kenneled in a hollow tree."  [1913 Webster]

kennel, v. t. 

 To put or keep in a kennel.  Thomson.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

kennel, n. & v.
--n.
1 a small shelter for a dog.
2 (in pl.) a breeding or boarding establishment for dogs.
3 a mean dwelling.
--v. (kennelled, kennelling; US kenneled, kenneling)
1 tr. put into or keep in a kennel.
2 intr. live in or go to a kennel.

Etymology

ME f. OF chenil f. med.L canile (unrecorded) f. L canis dog

THESAURUS

kennel

aqueduct, army, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bound, box in, bunch, cage, canal, canalization, cattery, chamber, channel, cloaca, cloaca maxima, close in, colony, compass, contain, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, corral, crimp, cut, dike, ditch, dog pound, doghouse, drain, drift, drive, drove, encircle, enclose, encompass, enshrine, entrenchment, fence in, flock, fosse, gam, gang, goffer, gutter, ha-ha, headchute, hedge in, hem in, herd, host, house in, impound, imprison, incarcerate, include, jail, leaguer, litter, mew, mew up, moat, pack, pen, pen in, piscina, pleat, pocket, pod, pound, pride, quarantine, rail in, school, scupper, sewer, shoal, shrine, shut in, shut up, sink, skulk, sloth, sluice, sough, stable, sump, sunk fence, surround, trench, trip, troop, trough, wall in, wrap, yard, yard up

ROGET THESAURUS

kennel

Abode

N abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance, tabernacle, throne, ark, home, fatherland, country, homestead, homestall, fireside, hearth, hearth stone, chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side, harem, seraglio, zenana, household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile, native soil, native land, habitat, range, stamping ground, haunt, hangout, biosphere, environment, ecological niche, nest, nidus, snuggery, arbor, bower, lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum, aerie, eyrie, eyry, rookery, hive, covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost, nidification, kala jagah, bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation, barrack, casemate, casern, tent, building, chamber, xenodochium, tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft, cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout, wigwam, pen, barn, bawn, kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre, cow house, cow shed, stable, dovecote, columbary, columbarium, shippen, igloo, iglu, jacal, lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling, log cabin, log house, shack, shebang, tepee, topek, house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace, kiosk, bungalow, casa, country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house, temple, hamlet, village, thorp, dorp, ham, kraal, borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis, suburb, province, country, county town, county seat, courthouse, ghetto, street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd, close, yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews, square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister, gardens, grove, residences, block of buildings, market place, place, plaza, anchorage, roadstead, roads, dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor, quarter, parish, assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place, inn, hostel, hostelry, hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow, khan, hospice, public house, pub, pot house, mug house, gin mill, gin palace, bar, bar room, barrel house, cabaret, chophouse, club, clubhouse, cookshop, dive, exchange, grill room, saloon, shebeen, coffee house, eating house, canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada, almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse, garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance, demesne, cage, terrarium, doghouse, pen, aviary, barn, stall, zoo, urban, metropolitan, suburban, provincial, rural, rustic, domestic, cosmopolitan, palatial, eigner Hert ist goldes Werth, even cities have their graves, ubi libertas ibi patria, home sweet home.

Furrow

N furrow, groove, rut, sulcus, scratch, streak, striae, crack, score, incision, slit, chamfer, fluting, corduroy road, cradle hole, channel, gutter, trench, ditch, dike, dyke, moat, fosse, trough, kennel, ravine, tajo, thank-ye-ma'am, furrowed, ribbed, striated, sulcated, fluted, canaliculated, bisulcous, bisulcate, bisulcated, canaliferous, trisulcate, corduroy, unisulcate, costate, rimiform.

Conduit

N conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race, head race, tail race, abito, aboideau, aboiteau, bito, acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre, arroyo, adit, aqueduct, canal, trough, gutter, pantile, flume, ingate, runner, lock-weir, tedge, vena, dike, main, gully, moat, ditch, drain, sewer, culvert, cloaca, sough, kennel, siphon, piscina, pipe, funnel, tunnel, water pipe, waste pipe, emunctory, gully hole, artery, aorta, pore, spout, scupper, adjutage, ajutage, hose, gargoyle, gurgoyle, penstock, weir, flood gate, water gate, sluice, lock, valve, rose, waterworks, pipeline, vascular.