Kraal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. South African A rural village, typically consisting of huts surrounded by a stockade.
  • n. South African An enclosure for livestock.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. In Central and Southern Africa, a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade.
  • n. An enclosure for livestock.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A collection of huts within a stockade; a village; sometimes, a single hut.
  • n. An inclosure into which are driven wild elephants which are to be tamed and educated.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In South Africa, primarily, a collection of huts arranged around a circular inclosure for cattle, or the inclosure itself; hence, any closely built village, especially one within a stockade, or a farming establishment or ranch. Also spelled krawl.
  • To place (cattle or sheep) in a kraal or shed for shelter or safe-keeping. See kraal, n.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a pen for livestock in southern Africa
  • n. a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pen    village    hamlet   
    Cross Reference
    boma    corral    crawl   
    Synonym
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    village   
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