canary


Definition: Meaning of, canary in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / kəˈnɛːri /

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Singular Plural
canary canaries
[countable]
  1. a small yellow bird that people often keep as a pet
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canary used in phrases

  • Canary Island hare's foot fern (noun)
    1. fern of the Canary Islands and Madeira
  • Canary Islands
    1. the Canary Islands a group of islands near northwest Africa which belong to Spain and are popular with tourists
  • Canary Wharf
    1. part of the DOCKLANDS area in East London, which includes Canary Wharf Tower, the tallest building in the UK, and many other large office buildings
  • Canary wine (noun)
    1. a sweet white wine from the Canary Islands
  • Grand Canary
  • canary bird (noun)
    1. any of several small Old World finches
  • canary creeper (noun)
    1. a climber having flowers that are the colour of canaries
  • canary grass (noun)
    1. canary Islands grass; seeds used as feed for caged birds
  • canary seed (noun)
    1. a mixture of seeds used to feed caged birds
  • canary whitewood (noun)
    1. tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit; yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work
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