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Thesaurus: dovecote

A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.

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  1. n. A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.
  2. n. a birdhouse for pigeons
  3. A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house. Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli. Shak.
  4. n:100 n. a birdhouse for pigeons