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# rookery

noun (rookeries)

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

## Everyday

1. A rookery is a group of rooks' nests high in the trees, or the place where rooks live together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rookery/#m1)
2. A rookery can also be any noisy, crowded place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rookery/#m2)

### In the lessons

a noisy crowd of birds in the trees, or a busy noisy place

### Examples

- The rookery was loud at dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rookery/#x1)
- Rooks built their nests in the rookery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rookery/#x2)
- The playground was a rookery at home time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rookery/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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