1. An enclosure made of wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
   "The farmer kept the chickens in a coop";
   - cage
    
2. A farm building for housing poultry
   "The farmer collected eggs from the chicken coop every morning";
   - chicken coop, hencoop, henhouse

1. Confine in or as if in a coop
   "The children were cooped up indoors on the rainy day"; "The prisoners were cooped in their cells";
   - coop up, coop in

1. A jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners
   "The local food co-op offered fresh, organic produce";
   - cooperative

Derived forms: cooped, coops, cooping, co-ops

Type of: commercial enterprise, confine, enclosure, farm building

Encyclopedia: Coop, Thomas