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单词 henhouses
释义

henhouse

noun

hen·​house ˈhen-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce henhouse (audio)
: a house or shelter for fowl

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web That’s apparently what happened over at Henry’s glass henhouse in Dearborn. Car and Driver, 9 Sep. 2022 The fox is in the henhouse, ready for a sumptuous meal. WSJ, 23 Feb. 2022 In Walbrook, a homeowner who’d set out for the henhouse discovered that one of her chickens had laid an egg on the doorstep, as if to save her a trip to the coop. Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 6 Jan. 2022 On the one hand, the USDA is charged with the oxymoronic double mandate of both promoting and regulating all of American agriculture—two disparate tasks that, when combined, effectively put the fox in charge of the henhouse. Gabriel N. Rosenberg, The New Republic, 27 Dec. 2021 New regulations will be keeping the poultry in the henhouse. Chris M. Worrell, cleveland, 23 Sep. 2021 Will oil and gas foxes be watching Utah’s air quality henhouse? Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2021 Higher level executives should want to hear about your offering, as the buyer’s suboptimal behavior may suggest the foxes are guarding the henhouse. Andy Gole, Forbes, 18 June 2021 To locals like the Gibsons and others in their camp, the process feels like a fox guarding a henhouse. Erin Stone, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1509, in the meaning defined above

henhouses

noun

plural of henhouse
as in dovecotes

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • dovecotes
  • cotes
  • kraals
  • pigpens
  • stockades
  • cages
  • sheepfolds
  • kennels
  • coops
  • dovecots
  • pens
  • corrals
  • folds
  • runs
  • pounds
  • fences
  • aquariums
  • hutches
  • terraria
  • aquaria
  • terrariums
  • live-boxes
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