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View synonyms for rookery
rookery
[ rook-uh-ree ]
noun
, plural rook·er·ies.
- a breeding place or colony of gregarious birds or animals, as penguins and seals.
- a colony of rooks.
- a place where rooks congregate to breed.
- a crowded tenement house.
rookery
/ ˈrʊkərɪ /
noun
- a group of nesting rooks
- a clump of trees containing rooks' nests
- a breeding ground or communal living area of certain other species of gregarious birds or mammals, esp penguins or seals
- a colony of any such creatures
- archaic.an overcrowded slum tenement building or area of housing
rookery
/ rk′ə-rē /
- A place where certain birds or animals, such as crows, penguins, and seals, gather to breed.
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Example Sentences
The polished wood-paneled Rookery Hotel calls itself “Soho in the East” and frankly, that undersells it.
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He had watched such streaming companies start forth from the old rookery, ever since his boyhood.
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Those that have to stay on the rookery lie flat on their back and fan themselves.
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The whole gathering is called a 'rookery,' though there are no rooks or other birds around.
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The bachelors, which are young male seals five years old and under, leave the rookery alone.
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There isn't a sea-catch on the rookery that hasn't had from ten to twenty fights already this year.
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