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# cockerel

noun (a cockerel, cockerels)

«cockerel» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cockerel is a young male chicken. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockerel/#m1)
2. In everyday speech it means any male chicken, a rooster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockerel/#m2)

### In the lessons

In farm stories, the cockerel crows «cock-a-doodle-doo» at dawn to wake everyone. In science, hens lay eggs; cockerels do not. In the UK «cockerel» is common; in the USA and Australia «rooster».

### Examples

- The cockerel crowed at sunrise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockerel/#x1)
- Our cockerel has a red comb and a long tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockerel/#x2)
- Hens lay eggs, but cockerels don't. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockerel/#x3)
- The weathervane had a metal cockerel on top. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockerel/#x4)
- The cockerel chased the cat out of the yard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockerel/#x5)
- Tottenham football club has a cockerel badge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockerel/#x6)

### Note

Countable. US: rooster. Female: hen. Baby: chick. Cockerels crow at many times of the day, not only at dawn.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cockerel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockerel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cockerel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cockerel.html) on Mova free.