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Meaning of "pigeonry" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PIGEONRY

pigeonry  [ˈpɪdʒɪnrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PIGEONRY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pigeonry is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PIGEONRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pigeonry in the English dictionary

The definition of pigeonry in the dictionary is a loft for keeping pigeons in; dovecote; pigeon house.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PIGEONRY


archdeaconry
ˈɑːtʃˈdiːkənrɪ
blazonry
ˈbleɪzənrɪ
captainry
ˈkæptɪnrɪ
chaplainry
ˈtʃæplɪnrɪ
citizenry
ˈsɪtɪzənrɪ
emblazonry
ɪmˈbleɪzənrɪ
enginery
ˈɛndʒɪnrɪ
extraordinary
ɪkˈstrɔːdənrɪ
falconry
ˈfɔːlkənrɪ
freemasonry
ˈfriːˌmeɪsənrɪ
gaminerie
ˈɡæmɪnrɪ
henry
ˈhɛnrɪ
heronry
ˈhɛrənrɪ
hobgoblinry
hɒbˈɡɒblɪnrɪ
masonry
ˈmeɪsənrɪ
ordinary
ˈɔːdənrɪ
penguinry
ˈpɛŋɡwɪnrɪ
stonemasonry
ˈstəʊnˌmeɪsənrɪ
weaponry
ˈwɛpənrɪ
yeomanry
ˈjəʊmənrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PIGEONRY

pigeon
pigeon breast
pigeon fancier
pigeon hawk
pigeon house
pigeon loft
pigeon pea
pigeon post
pigeon shooting
pigeon-chested
pigeon-hearted
pigeon-livered
pigeon-toed
pigeonhole
pigeonholer
pigeonite
pigeonwing
pigface
pigfeed
pigfish

WORDS THAT END LIKE PIGEONRY

aldermanry
almonry
cannonry
canonry
cautionry
charlatanry
cousinry
deaconry
demonry
felonry
Frederick Henry
Hooray Henry
John Henry
mansonry
O. Henry
ribbonry
slovenry
sokemanry
subdeaconry
wardenry

Synonyms and antonyms of pigeonry in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pigeonry» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PIGEONRY

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The translations of pigeonry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pigeonry» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

鸽舍
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pigeonry
570 millions of speakers

English

pigeonry
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pigeonry
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pigeonry
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pigeonry
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pombal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কপোতগৃহ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pigeonnier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Merpati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Taubenschlag
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pigeonry
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pigeonry
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pigeonry
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chuồng bồ câu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pigeonry
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कबूतर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

güvercinlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pigeonry
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pigeonry
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pigeonry
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pigeonry
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pigeonry
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

duivenhok
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pigeonry
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pigeonry
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pigeonry

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PIGEONRY»

The term «pigeonry» is barely ever used and occupies the 193.813 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PIGEONRY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pigeonry

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIGEONRY»

Discover the use of pigeonry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pigeonry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall
THE PIGEONRY. Another structure, for ornament and use, pleasure and profit combined, was the pigeon-house erected on the corner of the rabbitwarren, with the orchard on one side, and the meadow which served for the poultry-run on the  ...
William Bottrell, 1870
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Modern Reports
Pigeonry. Qucddim vine- 'T'HE defendant was indicted, for that he did put quoddam mm, anglici A venenum, anglice antimony, into acup of beer, and gave it " antimony," is tQ J £_ good. J 4. Co. 446. The first exception was, That ^. venenum" is ...
Thomas Leach, 1796
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Modern Reports: Or, Select Cases Adjudged in the Courts of ...
Pigeonry. Quoddm vim- 'T,HE defendant was indicted, for that he did put quoddum rum, angiic« *□ venenum, anglice antimony, into acup of beci, and gave it " antimony," is tn'4 S good. * ' 4." Co. 446. The first exception was, That w venenum" ...
Great Britain. Courts, Thomas Leach, 1796
4
Harper's New Monthly Magazine
260 Stone River, In the Ranks at, Ehen Hanna- ford xxvii. 809 Stone, Thomas* vii. 184 Stool-pigeonry, A. L. Carroll xxxiv. 233 Stooping to Conqner ix. 816 Store, Coantry, In a,* John 0. Goodwin^xl. 825 ILLUSTRATIONS I The Conntry Store xi.
‎1870
5
Memoir of Robert Swain
as a henroost or pigeonry, and found that the door was not locked at all. The next difficulty was to open the shutters, which were hooked on the inside, and I thought would fall out if I unhooked them. So I went down again to find some one to ...
Robert Swain, John Hopkins Morison, 1846
6
The Swiss family Robinson: or, Adventures of a shipwrecked ...
The three pair of native pigeons grew rapidly familiar with the pigeonry, and soon became quite as docile as their European congeners. The latter multiplied in such a ratio, their broods succeeded each other at such short intervals, and were  ...
Johann David Wyss, Charles Nodier, 1871
7
The Swiss family Robinson; or, Adventures of a shipwrecked ...
The three pair of native pigeons grew rapidly familiar with the pigeonry, and soon became quite as docile as their European congeners. The latter multiplied in such a ratio, their broods succeeded each other at such short intervals, and were  ...
Johann David Wyss, Robinson (family.), 1870
8
Traditions And Hearthside Stories Of West Cornwall Volume 1:
THE PIGEONRY Another structure, for ornament and use, pleasure and profit combined, was the pigeonhouse erected on the corner of the rabbitwarren, with the orchard on one side, and the meadow which servedforthepoultryrun on the other ...
William Bottrell, 2014
9
An Analytical Digested Index to the Common Law Reports: From ...
1141. 1209 Pigeonry 25 Piercy 1347. 1537 Pierson 632. 746, 747. 773. 1542 Pigot 1542 Pigeonry 1061 335. 344 82 196 265 859. 960, 961 241 125 1297 317 . 947 771. 1444 79 378. 931. 1347 377 806. 1131 1441. 1444 145.1247 277. 865 .
Thomas Coventry, Samuel Hughes, 1832
10
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... box for domestic pigeons <old countryseats with elaborate stone dovecotes > syn columbary, culverhouse, dovehouse, pigeon house, pigeonry rel aviary, birdhouse; perch, roost dovehouse n syn tax, columbary, culverhouse, pigeon house, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIGEONRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pigeonry is used in the context of the following news items.
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TV: Damien Love reveals his pick of the week's TV
Thanks to the stool-pigeonry of his archrival Ray Purchase, Toast has been landed with a tax bill of a quarter of a million pounds, and so has ... «Herald Scotland, Nov 14»
2
Beautiful memories of England, Australia and the Ashes dimension
The birds gracing the outfield looked healthier and more robust than The Oval's limp pigeonry. Even the voices accompanying the images were ... «The Guardian, Nov 13»
3
Illegal rooftop pigeonry exists for 12 years
An illegally built two-story wooden pigeonry atop a residential building in Baoshan District has dodged demolition for 12 years, and it is still not ... «ecns, Sep 13»

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