henhouse


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henhouse

(ˈhɛnˌhaʊs)
n
(Agriculture) a coop for hens
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hen•house

(ˈhɛnˌhaʊs)

n., pl. -hous•es (-ˌhaʊ zɪz)
[1505–15]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.henhouse - a farm building for housing poultryhenhouse - a farm building for housing poultry
farm building - a building on a farm
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Translations
kurník
kanala

henhouse

[ˈhenhaʊs] N (henhouses (pl)) [ˈhenhaʊzɪz]gallinero m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

henhouse

[ˈhɛnhaʊs] npoulailler m
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henhouse

nHühnerhaus nt, → Hühnerstall m
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henhouse

[ˈhɛnˌhaʊs] npollaio
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References in classic literature ?
In the meantime, since my watchdog died today, you may take his place and guard my henhouse."
There is a cottage now empty that will just suit us, with a garden and a henhouse, and apple-trees, and everything!
The flat-roofed henhouse and a pile of straw beneath gave Davy another inspiration.
A sturdy young orchard covered most of his ten acres, though a goodly portion was devoted to whitewashed henhouses and wired runways wherein hundreds of chickens were to be seen.
He put them in the henhouse and fed them their worms.
Children are invited to tend to the animals on the farm and can collect their morning eggs from the henhouse. The Hinteregger grandmother teaches guests the art of butter churning and cheese-making in a hands-on class Sonnwies (sonnwies.com, T.
The easiest option for gathering a clutch of eggs for your broody hen to sit on is to allow eggs to accumulate in your henhouse nesting boxes for a day or two.
The first argument is about the massive conflict of interest that it would create in international financial oversight if the venal Indian fox watches the henhouse; while the second argument regards India's own horrific record of black money.
The coop design we developed measures 23 by 8 feet, with an interior elevated henhouse that's 8 feet wide by 3 feet 10 inches deep.
While the senators claimed that Prokopchuk's win would be akin 'putting a fox in charge of a henhouse' and that Moscow would abuse its control over the organisation, UK Foreign Office Minister Harriet Baldwin added that that she would not speculate on the outcome of the vote, but the country backed the candidacy of Kim.
"Interpol electing Major General Alexander Prokopchuk as its new president is akin to putting a fox in charge of a henhouse," they said.