KRAAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kraal mean? 

• KRAAL (noun)
  The noun KRAAL has 2 senses:

1. a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade

2. a pen for livestock in southern Africa

  Familiarity information: KRAAL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KRAAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("kraal" is a kind of...):

hamlet; village (a settlement smaller than a town)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A pen for livestock in southern Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("kraal" is a kind of...):

pen (an enclosure for confining livestock)