Meaning

2 senses

  1. An underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits.

    Meronym: rabbit hole (precisely meronymous)

    Gänge des Kaninchenbaus

    a series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits

  2. A confusingly labyrinthine environment.

    Labyrinth

Examples

1 sentences

  1. I saw the rabbit entering its warren.

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Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 2
An underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits:
A confusingly labyrinthine environment:

Origin

From rabbit + warren (“nest or burrow”).

From rabbit + warren (“nest or burrow”).

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Forms

plural: rabbit warrens
Singularrabbit warren
Pluralrabbit warrens

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
pillow moundrabbit hole[Appendix:Glossary
Close in meaning
  • an overcrowded residential area:warren
  • a series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits:warren

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rabbirabbinicrabbitA1rabblerabid
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