cage, coop
(noun) an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
Source: WordNet® 3.1
coop (plural coops)
A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.
A wickerwork basket (kipe) or other enclosure for catching fish.
(figuratively, slang) A narrow place of confinement, a cage; a jail, a prison.
(obsolete) A barrel or cask for holding liquids.
• (enclosure for birds): chicken coop, hencoop, henhouse
coop (third-person singular simple present coops, present participle cooping, simple past and past participle cooped)
(transitive) To keep in a coop.
(transitive) To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp.
(transitive, intransitive, politics, historical) To unlawfully confine one or more voters to prevent them from casting their ballots in an election.
(intransitive, law enforcement, slang) Of a police officer: to sleep or relax while on duty. [from 1960s.]
(transitive, obsolete) To make or repair barrels, casks and other wooden vessels; to work upon in the manner of a cooper.
coop (plural coops)
(regional, England, Scotland) A cart with sides and ends made from boards, enabling it to carry manure, etc.
(regional, England, Scotland) A cart which opens at the back to release its load; a tumbril.
coop (plural coops)
(Scotland) A small heap.
coop (plural coops)
Alternative form of co-op.
• OPOC, POCO
Coop (plural Coops)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Coop is the 17087th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1661 individuals. Coop is most common among White (92.59%) individuals.
• OPOC, POCO
Source: Wiktionary
Coop, n. Etym: [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.]
1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] Johnson.
2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry.
3. A cart made close with boarde; a tumbrel. [Scotch]
Coop, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cooped; p.pr. & vb.n. Cooping.]
Definition: To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in. The Trojans coopet within their walls so long. Dryden. The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. Locke.
2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] "Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped." Holland.
Syn.
– To crowd; confine; imprison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
