kennels

noun

  1. 1

    A house or shelter for a dog.

  2. 2

    A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded.

    She raises registered Dalmatians at her kennel.
  3. 3

    (collective) The dogs kept at such a facility; a pack of hounds.

  4. 4

    The hole of a fox or other animal.

verb

  1. 1

    To house or board a dog (or less commonly another animal).

    While we're away our friends will kennel our pet poodle.
  2. 2

    To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.

  3. 3

    To drive (a fox) to covert in its hole.

noun

  1. 1

    The gutter at the edge of a street; a surface drain.

  2. 2

    A puddle.

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