kennel

Other forms of kennel

plural

kennels·

past tense or participle

kennelled

present participle

kennelling

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about kennel

What does kennel mean?

kennel means "outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in kennel?

kennel has 2 syllables: ken-nel. The stress falls on "ken". In IPA it is /ˈkɛnəl/.

What is another word for kennel?

Close synonyms include doghouse, dog house. 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 kennel a common word?

kennel is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.