rookery

Meaning

1. A colony of breeding birds or other animals.
2. (broadly) A crowded tenement.
3. (British, broadly, historical) A place where criminals congregate, often an area of a town or city.
4. (obsolete, slang) That part of the barracks occupied by subalterns.

Synonyms

nest

colony

hive

barrel

barren

battery

🔋

bed

🛏️

bevy

bike

🚲

boar

🐗

brace

brood

building

bunch

bury

business

busyness

cartload

chowder

circle

⭕

clamour

cloud

☁️

cluster

clutter

coalition

comfort

company

corps

covey

drift

drove

erst

exaltation

family

👪

field

flight

✈️

flock

flush

gaggle

grist

gulp

harem

haunt

herd

intrigue

kennel

kindle

knot

🪢

leash

mob

Translations

rookerie

colonia de grajos

قطيع

Krähenkolonie

Liegeplatz

Meute

Rudel

Rotte

Sammelplatz

Schafherde

Schule

🏫

Schwarm

Sprung

Pack

📦

Herde

Etymology

From rook + -ery, 1725.