dog pound

1. 1.

   a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs

   “unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound”

   Synonymspound

   Broaderenclosure

Questions about dog pound

What does dog pound mean?

dog pound means "a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs".

What is another word for dog pound?

Close synonyms include pound. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dog pound a common word?

dog pound is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.