Rookery
Dictionary
|
|
|
| Dictionary results for: Rookery |
Rookery![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Rookery \Rook"er*y\, n.; pl. Rookeries. 1. The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc. [1913 Webster] 3. The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals. [1913 Webster] 4. A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings. [1913 Webster] 5. A brothel. [Low] [1913 Webster] Source: WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
rookery
n 1: a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 25 Moby Thesaurus words for "rookery": Augean stables, birthplace, breeding place, brooder, cradle, dump, forcing bed, hatchery, hole, hotbed, hovel, incubator, nest, nidus, nursery, pesthole, pigpen, pigsty, plague spot, slum, stable, sty, tenement, the slums, warren Matching Word(s) Cookery Rockery Rootery cookery rockery
Powered by dict.org |
|
top
©2011-2013 TutorGig.com. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Statement