Thesaurus: coop

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1. n. A barrel or cask for liquor.
2. n. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry.
3. n. A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel.
4. v. t. To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in.
5. v. t. To work upon in the manner of a cooper.
6. n. a farm building for housing poultry
7. n. an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
8. 1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] Johnson. 2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry. 3. A cart made close with boarde; a tumbrel. [Scotch] To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in. The Trojans coopet within their walls so long. Dryden. The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. Locke. 2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] "Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped." Holland. Syn. -- To crowd; confine; imprison.
9. To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrowcompass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in.The Trojans coopet within their walls so long. Dryden.The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding upwithin narrow bounds. Locke.
10. n a farm building for housing poultry n an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept