Definition of "kennel" in English

noun

1. A house or shelter for a dog.

   • – We want to look at the dog kennels. – That's the pet department, second floor.

2. A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded.

   • The town dog-catcher operates the kennel for strays.
   • She raises registered Dalmatians at her kennel.

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

4. The hole of a fox or other animal.

verb

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

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

2. (intransitive) To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.

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

noun

1. (obsolete) The gutter at the edge of a street; a surface drain.

2. (obsolete) A puddle.