# rookery

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #76,280

## Definitions
1. A colony of breeding birds or other animals.
2. A crowded tenement.
3. A place where criminals congregate, often an area of a town or city.
4. That part of the barracks occupied by subalterns.

## Etymology
From rook + -ery, 1725.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rookery