co-op

co-op
    n 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 [syn:
         {cooperative}, {co-op}]
    

co-op \co"-op\ (k[=o]"[o^]p), n. [ contraction of co-operative
   enterprise.]
   a commercial enterprise run for the benefit of its owners.

   Syn: cooperative, coop.
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Coop \Coop\ (k[=oo]p), n. [Cf. AS. cypa a measure, D. kuip tub,
   Icel. kupa bowl, G. kufe coop tub; all fr. L. cupa vat, tub,
   LL. cupa, copa, cup. See {Cup}, and cf. {Keeve}.]
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   1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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   2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially,
      a grated box for confining poultry.
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   3. A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel. [Scotch]
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Coop \Coop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cooped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Cooping}.]
   To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a
   narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up,
   sometimes by in.
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         The Trojans cooped within their walls so long.
                                                  --Dryden.
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         The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the
         understanding up within narrow bounds.   --Locke.
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   2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] "Shaken
      tubs . . . be new cooped." --Holland.

   Syn: To crowd; confine; imprison.
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COOP
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126 Moby Thesaurus words for "coop":
      arena, bar, beleaguer, beset, besiege, block, blockade, bottle up,
      bound, box in, box up, brooder, cage, calaboose, can, chamber,
      check, chicken house, chokey, cincture, clink, cloister, close,
      close in, compass, confine, constrain, contain, container, cooler,
      coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, cork up, corral, court,
      courtyard, crib, curtilage, delimited field, detain, encage,
      encircle, enclave, enclose, enclosure, encompass, enshrine,
      envelop, fence, fence in, field, fold, ground, hedge in, hell, hem,
      hem in, hencote, henhouse, hennery, hinder, hold, hold in custody,
      hold in restraint, hoosegow, house in, immure, impede, impound,
      imprison, incarcerate, include, inhibit, jail, jug, keep in,
      keep in custody, keep in detention, kennel, leaguer, limbo, list,
      lockup, mew, mew up, obstruct, pale, paling, park, pen, pen in,
      pen up, penfold, pinfold, place of confinement, pocket, pokey,
      pound, prison, purgatory, quad, quadrangle, quarantine, quod,
      rail in, restrain, restrict, seal up, shackle, shrine, shut in,
      shut up, slammer, square, stable, stir, surround, theater, toft,
      wall, wall in, wrap, yard, yard up