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Meanings of doghouse in English

Portuguese
casinha de cachorro
Catalan
caseta del gos
Spanish
cucha
Wikidata

Outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog.

casinha de cachorro
Synonyms
Examples for "kennel"
Examples for "kennel"
1
My friend Bullock, indeed, was once rolled in the kennel; but soon
The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
2
I demanded, ready to roll every printer in London in the kennel.
Richard Carvel — Volume 06
3
They lead from the kennel's open stairwell and out onto the ice.
The thing
4
Several yards to the right, it ended near the dogs' kennel area.
Too close to home
5
Even the great watch dog had retired to sleep in his kennel.
The Bastonnais / Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775...
1
Epi retreated toward the empty dog house, looking wide-eyed across her flank.
The story of edgar sawtelle
2
Pretty soon Old Sic'em walked out of his little dog house and shook himself.
Little Jack Rabbit and the Squirrel Brothers
3
Luckily for him he won, otherwise he would still be in the dog house.
The Irish Times
4
The Trojan Cat, it's in front of the dog house.
The new yorker
5
You can't arrest me for just goin' to sleep in this dinky little dog house.
The Boy Scouts on a Submarine
Usage of doghouse in English
1
You're sure to land in the doghouse when you visit this hotel!
News.com.au
2
Already after one round of A-League action it's Ams in the doghouse.
The Guardian
3
It was a show on HGTV about custom building a pimped-out doghouse.
Toxic
4
Couldn't they build it a doghouse out in the backyard or something?
Sloane Sisters
5
In another yard, there's a massive doghouse penned in with wire screening.
The Elephant Vanishes
6
Boyd was sitting beside his doghouse, nose pointed at the night sky.
Fatal Voyage
7
China continued to defy doomsayers, and Europe, finally, crawled out of the doghouse.
The Irish Times
8
Best in show Is Pets at Home still in the doghouse?
The Guardian
9
I'm asking if you are in what Dad would have called the doghouse.
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
10
I didn't gain enough to build so much as a doghouse.
Fortunate harbor
11
There wasn't room in the doghouse for Mildred and me both.
Shadow of an angel
12
No place to lay him only a doghouse cabin and a fish hold.
Poor Man's Rock
13
He crawled through a hatch into the flooded engine compartment under the doghouse.
Dead calm
14
It occurred to me that, maybe, we can put them in the doghouse.
For Honor We Stand
15
The body was fashioned from an old kayak and a doghouse.
Wired
16
It's good to know that Ireland is not always in the EU's environmental doghouse.
The Irish Times
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Translations for doghouse
Spanish
cucha
Doghouse through the time
Doghouse across language varieties
United States of America
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