kennel

Plural: kennels

Noun

outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
A house or shelter for a dog.
A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded.
The dogs kept at such a facility; a pack of hounds.
The hole of a fox or other animal.
The gutter at the edge of a street; a surface drain.
A puddle.

Verb

Verb Forms: kenneled, kenneling, kennels, kennelled, kennelling

To keep an animal, typically a dog, in a shelter or enclosure.
put up in a kennel
- "kennel a dog"
To house or board a dog (or less commonly another animal).
To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.
To drive (a fox) to covert in its hole.

Examples

He tried to KENNEL his opponent’s high-value tiles by blocking key spots on the board.
She raises registered Dalmatians at her kennel.
The town dog-catcher operates the kennel for strays.
While we're away our friends will kennel our pet poodle.
– We want to look at the dog kennels. – That's the pet department, second floor.

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
*ḱwṓ
From Middle English kenel, kenell, borrowed from Anglo-Norman *kenil, northern variant of Old French chenil, from Vulgar Latin *canīle, from Latin canis.

Synonyms

dog house, doghouse, burrow, den, pack, pound, shelter, trough

Scrabble Score: 10

kennel: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
kennel: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
kennel: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

kennel: valid Words With Friends Word