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kennel
ken·nel / ˈkenl/ • n. a small shelter for a dog or cat. ∎ a boarding or breeding establishment for dogs or cats. ∎ fig. a small or sordid dwelling. • v. (-neled, -nel·ing; chiefly Brit. -nelled, -nel·ling) [tr.] put (a dog or cat) in a kennel. |
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"kennel." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "kennel." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-kennel.html "kennel." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-kennel.html |
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"Kennel." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Kennel." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300872.html "Kennel." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300872.html |
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kennel1 house for the shelter of a house-dog or hounds. XIV. — AN. *kenil = OF. chenil, It. canile :- medL. canīle, f. canis dog (cf. HOUND).
Hence vb. be in, put into, a kennel. XVI. |
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T. F. HOAD. "kennel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "kennel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-kennel.html T. F. HOAD. "kennel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-kennel.html |
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kennel2 street gutter, XVI. Later form of can(n)el watercourse (XIII), gutter (XIV) — ONF. canel = OF. chanel CHANNEL1.
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T. F. HOAD. "kennel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "kennel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-kennel1.html T. F. HOAD. "kennel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-kennel1.html |
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kennel •annal, channel, flannel, impanel, multichannel, panel
•cracknel
•grapnel, shrapnel
•carnal
•antennal, crenel, fennel, kennel
•regnal
•anal, decanal
•adrenal, officinal, penal, renal, venal
•signal, spignel
•hymnal • cardinal • libidinal • ordinal
•attitudinal, latitudinal, longitudinal
•altitudinal
•imaginal, paginal
•marginal, submarginal
•aboriginal • virginal • disciplinal
•seminal
•criminal, liminal, subliminal
•abdominal, nominal, phenomenal, pronominal
•noumenal
•germinal, terminal
•vaticinal, vicinal
•sentinel • intestinal • Juvenal
•doctrinal, final, semi-final, spinal, urinal, vaginal
•quarterfinal
•cantonal, O'Connell
•cornel • nounal
•atonal, Donal, hormonal, Monel, patronal, polytonal, tonal, zonal
•motional
•lagoonal, monsoonal, tribunal
•communal
•Chunnel, funnel, gunnel, gunwale, runnel, tunnel
•autumnal • meridional
•embryonal, Lionel
•diagonal, heptagonal, hexagonal, octagonal, tetragonal
•trigonal • orthogonal • occasional
•divisional, provisional, visional
•delusional, fusional, illusional
•regional • original • coronal • arsenal
•medicinal
•impersonal, interpersonal, personal, transpersonal
•irrational, national, passional, rational
•factional, fractional, redactional, transactional
•confessional, congressional, expressional, impressional, obsessional, processional, professional, progressional, recessional, secessional, sessional, successional
•connectional, correctional, directional, interjectional, intersectional, sectional, unidirectional
•ascensional, attentional, conventional, declensional, intentional, tensional, three-dimensional, two-dimensional
•conceptional, exceptional, perceptional
•durational, locational, oblational, relational, vocational
•rotational
•additional, positional, tuitional, volitional
•fictional, jurisdictional
•inscriptional • optional • proportional
•devotional, emotional, notional, promotional
•constitutional, evolutional, institutional, substitutional
•constructional, fluxional, instructional
•conjunctional, dysfunctional, functional, multifunctional
•versional • seasonal
•colonel, diurnal, eternal, external, fraternal, infernal, internal, journal, kernel, maternal, nocturnal, paternal, supernal, vernal
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"kennel." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "kennel." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-kennel.html "kennel." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-kennel.html |
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