MEANING
A structure containing nesting places for domesticated pigeons or doves.
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- stone dovecote
- dovecote openings
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A stone dovecote rose beyond the garden.
Birds entered the dovecote through small openings.
The estate’s dovecote had fallen out of use.
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- Base
- dovecote
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular dovecote; plural dovecotes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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