henhouse

/ˈhɛnˌhaʊs/
noun
  1. A small building or shelter where chickens live and lay eggs.
    • We need to clean the henhouse before winter arrives.
    • Every morning, she collects fresh eggs from the henhouse.
    • The farmer built a new henhouse to protect the chickens from predators.
  2. A place or situation that is messy, chaotic, or poorly managed (informal, figurative).
    • Without a proper schedule, the classroom turned into a henhouse.
    • He tried to organize the project, but it was already a henhouse.
    • The office was a total henhouse after the boss quit.
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