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Definitions for henhouse
ˈhɛnˌhaʊs; -ˌhaʊ zɪzhen·house

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. chicken coop, coop, hencoop, henhousenoun

    a farm building for housing poultry

Wiktionary

  1. henhousenoun

    A small house or hutch for chickens or, more specifically, hens to live in.

Wikipedia

  1. henhouse

    Poultry farming is the form of animal husbandry which raises domesticated birds such as chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese to produce meat or eggs for food. Poultry – mostly chickens – are farmed in great numbers. More than 60 billion chickens are killed for consumption annually. Chickens raised for eggs are known as layers, while chickens raised for meat are called broilers.In the United States, the national organization overseeing poultry production is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In the UK, the national organisation is the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

ChatGPT

  1. henhouse

    A henhouse, also known as a chicken coop, is a type of enclosure or building where female chickens, or hens, are kept. It is designed to provide a safe and comfortable place for the hens to nest, lay eggs, and roost. It often includes areas for feeding and drinking, and is typically constructed to protect the birds from predators and inclement weather.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Henhousenoun

    a house or shelter for fowls

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of henhouse in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of henhouse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of henhouse in a Sentence

  1. John McCain:

    I have to have confidence that the fox is not going to be put back into the henhouse.

  2. Satish Jindel:

    For what is a few nickels and dimes for them, they get to see how this model works, and if there's any validity to it they can apply it in their own business, but for Deliv, this is like letting the fox in the henhouse by allowing UPS to see how their model works.

  3. Kimberly Dickson:

    The content of the tweets puts her character into question, whether they were made last week, last year, or ten years ago, is the fox watching the henhouse?

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