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# dovecote

noun (dovecote, dovecotes; also dovecot)

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

## Everyday

A dovecote is a small house or box built high up, where pigeons or doves live and lay their eggs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dovecote/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a dovecote is a home for birds on a farm or in a castle, often a place where a danger, like a hawk, comes in.

### Examples

- The pigeons flew back to the dovecote at dusk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dovecote/#x1)
- Grandad built a dovecote on the barn wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dovecote/#x2)
- A fox crept round the dovecote looking for a meal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dovecote/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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