co-op : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: co-op	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for co-op
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
co-op n 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 Synonym(s): cooperative, co-op
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. The Trojans cooped within their walls so long. --Dryden. The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. --Locke. 2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] [bd]Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped.[b8] --Holland. Syn: To crowd; confine; imprison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coop \Coop\ (k[oomac]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}.] 1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] --Johnson. 2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry. 3. A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel. [Scotch]