About The Word Den
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What's The Definition Of Den?
[n] a room that is comfortable and secluded
[n] a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws [n] the habitation of wild animals Synonyms | Synonyms for Den: hideaway | hideout | lair Related Terms | Find terms related to Den: adytum | ashram | asylum | Babylon | bolt-hole | booking office | bordello | box office | branch | branch office | brothel | burrow | cabinet | cache | cathouse | cave | cell | cesspit | cesspool | chambers | chancellery | chancery | clip joint | cloister | closet | concealment | consulate | corner | corporate headquarters | couch | cover | covert | coverture | cranny | cubby | cubbyhole | dark corner | den of iniquity | den of thieves | dive | dugout | dump | earth | embassy | executive office | fleshpots | form | foxhole | funk hole | Gomorrah | gyp joint | headquarters | hellhole | hermitage | hideaway | hideout | hidey hole | hiding | hiding place | hole | holy of holies | home office | ivory tower | joint | lair | legation | lodge | main office | mew | niche | nook | office | pandemonium | privacy | recess | refuge | retreat | run | sanctuary | sanctum | sanctum sanctorum | secret place | shop | sink | sink of corruption | Sodom | sporting house | stash | stews | study | sty | ticket office | tunnel | undercovert | whorehouse See Also | abode | domicile | dwelling | dwelling house | habitation | habitation | hiding place | home | room Den In Webster's Dictionary \Den\, n. [AS. denn; perh. akin to G. tenne floor, thrashing
floor, and to AS. denu valley.]
1. A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or
among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter
or concealment; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers.
2. A squalid place of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a
haunt; as, a den of vice. ``Those squalid dens, which are
the reproach of great capitals.'' --Addison.
3. Any snug or close retreat where one goes to be alone.
[Colloq.]
4. [AS. denu.] A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell. [Old Eng. &
Scotch] --Shak.
\Den\, v. i. To live in, or as in, a den. The sluggish salvages that den below. --G. Fletcher. |
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