den

About 16.89 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. symbol ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Slavey. (macrolanguage)
2. noun A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.

   a den of robbers

3. noun A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.

   a den of vice

4. noun A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
5. noun Synonym of fort (“structure improvised from furniture, etc. for playing games.”).

   Our little girls love using bedsheets and other stuff around the house to make dens in the living room and pretending they're on adventures.

6. noun A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.
7. noun A group of Cub Scouts of the same age who work on projects together.
8. verb To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.

Similar words

lair hideout hideaway cave burrow burrowing hibernaculum parlour climate court

Often followed by

of berg haag and bergh jahren in berghe linden

Word family

Den denned denning dens