a farm building for housing poultry
"The farmer built a new wooden coop to house the chickens safely during winter."
A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.
"The new housing project was built as a coop to provide affordable living spaces for young families."
A cart with sides and ends made from boards, enabling it to carry manure, etc.
A small heap.
Alternative form of co-op.
In plain English: A coop is a business or organization owned and run by the people who use its services.
"The farmers decided to organize a coop to share resources and negotiate better prices."
Usage: Coop (noun) refers to an enclosure, typically for poultry like chickens or ducks. It can also denote a cooperative organization, functioning as a shortened version of "co-op."
To keep in a coop.
"The farmer kept the chickens inside their wooden coop during the storm."
In plain English: To coop means to confine an animal within a small enclosure.
"The farmer decided to coop the chickens overnight to protect them from foxes."
Usage: Use "to coop" when describing confining an animal, typically poultry, within a small enclosure like a coop or pen. It implies restriction and containment-The farmer cooped the chickens up for the night.
A surname.
"The old man was known as Coop because he used to be a diminutive cooper who fixed wooden barrels."
Diminutive of Cooper
"Mr. Coop invited his neighbors to the family barbecue on Saturday."
A surname.
From Middle English cǒupe, cupe, from Old English cȳpe ("basket, cask") or possibly from Middle Dutch cûpe (compare modern Dutch kuip, Saterland Frisian kupe, Middle Low German kûpe), from Old Saxon *kûpa, côpa ("cask") (compare Middle Low German kôpe, Old High German chôfa, chuofa, Middle High German kuofe, modern regional German Kufe f ("cask")), probably from Latin cūpa, Medieval Latin cōpa ("cask") (thus a doublet of coupe, cup, and keeve).