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kennel

/ˈkenl/noun

उच्चारण केनल

कुत्ते का घर, कुत्ताघर

Core wordPYP · asked 4 times

Asked in previous papers

as one-word substitution

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noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a small shelter for a dog to sleep in

    कुत्ते का घर, कुत्ताघर

    • The dog sleeps in a kennel in the yard.
    • Our puppy refuses to sleep inside his new kennel.
    • Radhika built a wooden kennel for the puppy.
    + 2 more examples
    • The dog ran into its kennel to escape the rain.
    • A kennel in the garden keeps the dog dry.

    Synonyms doghouse dog house shelter

  2. 2

    [C, with singular or plural verb] kennels

    a place where people can leave their dogs to be looked after, or where dogs are bred

    कुत्तों को रखने या पालने की जगह

    • We put the dog into kennels while we were on holiday.
    • The kennel in our town takes care of pets during the holidays.
    • They left the dog at a kennel while they visited relatives.
    + 2 more examples
    • The kennel looks after more than fifty dogs.
    • She works at a kennel that trains guard dogs.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

a kennel (shelter for a dog)

A kennel is a small shelter in which a dog sleeps. It is countable: a kennel, two kennels.

Kennel वह छोटा आश्रय है जिसमें कुत्ता सोता है। यह countable है: a kennel, two kennels।

  • The dog slept in its kennel.
  • He built a wooden kennel for the puppy.

kennels (plural: boarding or breeding place)

'Kennels' as a plural noun can mean a place where dogs are boarded or bred. It may take a singular or plural verb in British English.

Plural 'kennels' का अर्थ वह स्थान भी है जहाँ कुत्ते रखे या पाले जाते हैं। British English में इसके साथ singular या plural verb आ सकती है।

  • We left our dog at the kennels during the holidays.

in the kennel / at the kennels

Use 'in' for one dog's shelter and 'at' for a boarding place.

एक कुत्ते के आश्रय के लिए 'in' और कुत्तों को रखने के स्थान के लिए 'at' आता है।

  • The puppies stay in the kennel at night.

kennel + noun / kennel club

A kennel club is an organisation for dog breeders. Other uses: kennel cough, a disease common where dogs are kept together.

Kennel club कुत्ता पालने वालों का संगठन है। अन्य प्रयोग: kennel cough, जो कुत्तों को साथ रखने की जगह होने वाली बीमारी है।

  • The Kennel Club registers pedigree dogs.
+Collocations 4

verb + kennel

buildcleanput inrunclosekeep in

  • He cleans the dog's kennel every Sunday.

adjective + kennel

woodenwarmsmalldogboardingbreeding

  • A warm kennel protects the dog from winter cold.

kennel + noun

clubcoughownerdoorname

  • The vet warned about kennel cough in puppies.

dogs + kennel

guard dogstray dogpuppyretrieverpet

  • Radhika's puppy sleeps in a kennel on the verandah.
“More examples 5
  • The watchman's dog barked from its kennel at the gate.

चौकीदार का कुत्ता गेट पर अपने kennel से भौंक रहा था।

  • Because of the monsoon, we shifted the kennel under the roof.

मानसून के कारण हमने kennel को छत के नीचे खिसका दिया।

  • The police dog squad lives in kennels near the station.

पुलिस के कुत्तों का दस्ता स्टेशन के पास kennels में रहता है।

  • She works at a kennel that looks after stray dogs.

वह एक ऐसे kennel में काम करती है जो आवारा कुत्तों की देखभाल करता है।

  • He locked the kennel door so that the puppy would not run out.

उसने kennel का दरवाज़ा बंद कर दिया ताकि पिल्ला बाहर न भाग जाए।

!Common mistakes 3

✗ The dog is sleeping in kennel.

✓ The dog is sleeping in its kennel.

A singular countable noun needs a determiner.

Singular countable noun के साथ determiner आवश्यक है।

✗ The dog is sleeping at the kennel since morning.

✓ The dog has been sleeping in the kennel since morning.

Use the present perfect continuous with 'since', and 'in' for being inside a kennel.

'Since' के साथ present perfect continuous आता है, और kennel के अंदर होने के लिए 'in'।

✗ The cat lives in the kennel.

✓ The cat lives in the cattery.

A kennel is for dogs; a place for boarding cats is a 'cattery'.

Kennel कुत्तों के लिए होता है; बिल्लियों के लिए 'cattery' होती है।

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

doghouse dog house shelter

AaSpelling

ken·nel

Double n and -el (not 'kennal' or 'kenel').

दो n और अंत में -el ('kennal' या 'kenel' गलत है)।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked very often: a house for a dog is a kennel; for a horse a stable; for a cow a byre, cowshed or shed; for a pig a sty; for a bird a cage or aviary; for a bee a hive; for a rabbit a hutch or burrow; for a lion a den or lair; for a spider a web.

यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: कुत्ते का घर kennel; घोड़े का stable; गाय का byre, cowshed या shed; सूअर का sty; पक्षी का cage या aviary; मधुमक्खी का hive; खरगोश का hutch या burrow; शेर का den या lair; मकड़ी का web।