Saturday, 18 July 2015

Analogies-Habitat

English language has specific words for places where particular animals, birds, insects, plants or trees either naturally or are grown by us.

EX: dog:kennel::pig:sty
dogs are grown in a kennel;pigs are grown in a sty


bat cave owl barn
convict prison rabbit burrow, hutch, warren
dove cote soldier barrack
fish aquarium tree arboretum
horse stable, corral bird nest
lunatic asylum delinquent reformatory
nun convent eskimo igloo
pig sty gondola canal
sheep fold, pen lion den
student dormitory mouse hole
bee hive, apiary pea pod
cow byre spider web
eagle, hawk aerie wolf lair
fowl coop monk abbey, monastery
Indian tepee, teepee

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