"chookhouse" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtʃʊkhæɔs/ [General-Australian], /ˈtʃʊkhaʊs/ [UK] Audio: EN-AU ck1 chookhouse.ogg [Australia] Forms: chookhouses [plural]
Etymology: From chook + house. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|chook|house}} chook + house Head templates: {{en-noun}} chookhouse (plural chookhouses)
  1. (Australia, colloquial) A henhouse. Tags: Australia, colloquial
    Sense id: en-chookhouse-en-noun-ad~fmoeq Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for chookhouse meaning in English (1.5kB)

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