cattery

cat·te·ry
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/ˈkætəɹi/

noun

A place where cats board when their owners are on holiday.

Similar
cat hotel
OriginEnglish cat ← Middle English cat ← Old English catt →
Less commonScrabble 12
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Meanings

nouncattery (plural catteries)

plural catteries

  1. A place where cats board when their owners are on holiday.

    Synonyms: cat hotel

  2. A place where cats are bred.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA place where cats board when their owners are on holiday.

Similar
cat hotel
Also see
cat factorycat farmcat hotelcat millkitten factorykitten farmkitten mill

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*kattuz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*kattu
  3. Old Englishcatt
  4. Middle Englishcat
  5. Englishcat
  6. Englishcattery

From cat + -ery.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Czech kočičí hotel
  • kočičí hotelplace where cats board when their owners are on holiday
French chatterie
  • chatterieplace where cats board when their owners are on holiday
German Katzenhotel, Katzenpension
  • Katzenhotelplace where cats board when their owners are on holiday
  • Katzenpensionplace where cats board when their owners are on holiday

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with cattery

batterybatterieflatteryratteryhatterytwattery
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Cite this entry
APA

cattery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cattery

MLA

“cattery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cattery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cattery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cattery.

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