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Definition of: kennel
(ken′əl) noun
1. A house for a dog or for a pack of hounds; also, the pack.
2. plural A professional establishment where dogs are bred, raised, boarded, trained, etc.
3. The hole or lair of a fox or like beast.
4. A vile lodging.
—v. ·neled or ·nelled, ·nel·ing or ·nel·ling v.t. To keep or confine in or as in a kennel.
—v.i. To lodge or take shelter in a kennel. [<F chenil <L canis a dog; formed on analogy with ovile a sheepfold <ovis a sheep]
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