coop
noun
[ kuːp ]
• a cage or pen in which poultry are kept.
Similar:
pen,
run,
cage,
hutch,
enclosure,
pound,
lock-up,
birdcage,
aviary,
mew,
parrock,
coop
verb
• confine in a small space.
• "being cooped up indoors all day makes him fidgety"
Similar:
confine,
shut in,
close in,
shut up,
mew up,
keep,
detain,
trap,
lock up,
imprison,
incarcerate,
immure,
intern,
impound,
hold captive,
hold prisoner,
put under lock and key,
cage,
cage in,
pen in,
fence in,
rail in,
wall in,
hem in,
enclose,
Opposite:
set free,
• put or keep (poultry) in a cage or pen.
• "our free-range chickens roam the barnyard instead of staying cooped up in a henhouse"
Origin:
Middle English cowpe ; related to Dutch kuip ‘vat’ and German Kufe ‘cask’, based on Latin cupa . Compare with cooper.
