dovecot

Meaning of dovecot

noun

A dovecote.
1882: In 1430 King's College, Cambridge, sells the pigeon's dung from its dovecot for 2s. 8d., in 1461 for 3s., in 1537 for 4s. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 412.

Information about dovecot

It is a name.
The plural form of dovecot is: dovecots.
Languages in which dovecot is used:
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Hyphenation of dovecot

dove-cot

It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
dovecot is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Translation of dovecot

Italian: colombario
French: colombier, fuie, fuye, pigeonnier
Portuguese: pombal
Spanish: palomar
German: Taubenschlag

Words that rhyme with dovecot

Malecot, douvecot

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