Rookery

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rookery \Rook"er*y\, n.; pl. {Rookeries}.
     1. The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds
        themselves. --Tennyson.
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     2. A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons,


        penguins, etc.
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     3. The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals.
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     4. A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a
        cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings.
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     5. A brothel. [Low]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rookery
       n : a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "rookery":
     Augean stables, birthplace, breeding place, brooder, cradle, dump,
     forcing bed, hatchery, hole, hotbed, hovel, incubator, nest, nidus,
     nursery, pesthole, pigpen, pigsty, plague spot, slum, stable, sty,
     tenement, the slums, warren