kennel

Meanings

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

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.

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

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

Scrabble Score: 10

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

Words With Friends Score: 13

kennel is a valid Words With Friends word