Get to know Cockerel better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like cock or rooster.
Cockerel meaning
A young male chicken.
Using Cockerel
- The main meaning on this page is: A young male chicken.
- Useful related words include: cock, rooster.
- In the example corpus, cockerel often appears in combinations such as: the cockerel, bronze cockerel, golden cockerel.
Context around Cockerel
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cockerel
- In this selection, "cockerel" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bronze, golden, try, known, looted and atop stand out and add context to how "cockerel" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include african bronze cockerel to nigeria and benin bronze cockerel known as. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cockerel" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cockerel
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Why not try cockerel? (4 words)
The cockerel rushed at him and struck. (7 words)
Benin Bronze Cockerel, known as ”okukor”, to Nigeria. (8 words)
He returned to London in 1924, but in 1925 often visited Gill at Capel-y-ffin and the Benedictines at Caldey Island, and in the same year did illustrations for Gulliver's Travels for the Golden Cockerel Press. (38 words)
Jesus College in the University of Cambridge features roosters on its coat of arms. citation The University of South Carolina features a Gamecock, or fighting cockerel, as its mascot for all athletic programs. (33 words)
A Cambridge college is to return an African bronze cockerel to Nigeria following a student campaign for the item that was looted by British colonial forces to be sent back. (30 words)
Why not try cockerel? (4 words)
Example sentences (15)
He said a cockerel from a nearby cottage “fiercely guards the area”, channeling its “Roman spirit” to harry anyone who gets too close.
Why not try cockerel?
A Cambridge college is to return an African bronze cockerel to Nigeria following a student campaign for the item that was looted by British colonial forces to be sent back.
Benin Bronze Cockerel, known as ”okukor”, to Nigeria.
Cambridge University in Britain is set to return a bronze statue of a cockerel looted from Nigeria more than a century ago.
Fireworks exploded over the stadium, illuminating the north London sky and the golden cockerel atop the roof.
Just before the journey’s end, there’s a treat for fans of bizarre public sculptures; Dorking’s mascot, a large shiny cockerel, resplendent on a roundabout.
Mr Biron started complaining about Maurice’s early morning crowing to his owners, Jacky and Corrine Fesseau, but they refused to get rid of their beloved cockerel.
The cockerel rushed at him and struck.
Broadly contemporary coins from Phaistos show the form under which he was worshiped: a youth sits among the branches of a tree, with a cockerel on his knees.
He returned to London in 1924, but in 1925 often visited Gill at Capel-y-ffin and the Benedictines at Caldey Island, and in the same year did illustrations for Gulliver's Travels for the Golden Cockerel Press.
Jesus College in the University of Cambridge features roosters on its coat of arms. citation The University of South Carolina features a Gamecock, or fighting cockerel, as its mascot for all athletic programs.
Note also that the cockerel will waltz again if he is taken out of the pen for a period, usually 24 hours, and put back.
On rare occasions, the hen will attempt to fight the cockerel for dominance.
Some of them have been arrested at the British border for transporting cockerels or material for cockfights, which has led to a small cottage industry of British-owned cockerel farms.
Common combinations with cockerel
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: