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

  co-op \co"-op\ (k[=o]"[o^]p), n. [ contraction of co-operative
     enterprise.]
     a commercial enterprise run for the benefit of its owners.
  
     Syn: cooperative, coop.
          [WordNet 1.5]



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

  Coop \Coop\ (k[=oo]p), n. [Cf. AS. cypa a measure, D. kuip tub,
     Icel. kupa bowl, G. kufe coop tub; all fr. L. cupa vat, tub,
     LL. cupa, copa, cup. See {Cup}, and cf. {Keeve}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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     2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially,
        a grated box for confining poultry.
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     3. A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel. [Scotch]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coop \Coop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cooped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Cooping}.]
     To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a
     narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up,
     sometimes by in.
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           The Trojans cooped within their walls so long.
                                                    --Dryden.
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           The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the
           understanding up within narrow bounds.   --Locke.
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     2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] "Shaken
        tubs . . . be new cooped." --Holland.
  
     Syn: To crowd; confine; imprison.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  co-op
       n : a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by
           farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods
           and services and is run for the benefit of its owners
           [syn: {cooperative}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  coop
       n 1: a farm building for housing poultry [syn: {chicken coop}, {hencoop},
             {henhouse}]
       2: an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or
          animals are kept [syn: {cage}]

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

  126 Moby Thesaurus words for "coop":
     arena, bar, beleaguer, beset, besiege, block, blockade, bottle up,
     bound, box in, box up, brooder, cage, calaboose, can, chamber,
     check, chicken house, chokey, cincture, clink, cloister, close,
     close in, compass, confine, constrain, contain, container, cooler,
     coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, cork up, corral, court,
     courtyard, crib, curtilage, delimited field, detain, encage,
     encircle, enclave, enclose, enclosure, encompass, enshrine,
     envelop, fence, fence in, field, fold, ground, hedge in, hell, hem,
     hem in, hencote, henhouse, hennery, hinder, hold, hold in custody,
     hold in restraint, hoosegow, house in, immure, impede, impound,
     imprison, incarcerate, include, inhibit, jail, jug, keep in,
     keep in custody, keep in detention, kennel, leaguer, limbo, list,
     lockup, mew, mew up, obstruct, pale, paling, park, pen, pen in,
     pen up, penfold, pinfold, place of confinement, pocket, pokey,
     pound, prison, purgatory, quad, quadrangle, quarantine, quod,
     rail in, restrain, restrict, seal up, shackle, shrine, shut in,
     shut up, slammer, square, stable, stir, surround, theater, toft,
     wall, wall in, wrap, yard, yard up
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  COOP
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