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   den

   /dɛn/

   noun

   • 1. a wild mammal's hidden home; a lair: "a female mink had set up her den there" Similar lairsettearthdreylodgeburrowholetunnelcavedugouthollowcovertshelterhiding placehideoutinformal:hidey-hole
   • ▪ a room or hideout where a person can go to relax or be private: "Harriet built a den in a tree" Similar studystudiolibrarysanctumretreatsanctuaryhideawaysnuggerysnugcubbyholecubbyinformal:hidey-holehumorous:sanctum sanctorum
   • ▪ a place where people meet in secret, typically to engage in an illicit activity: "an opium den" Similar hauntsitepatchhotbedcradlenestpitholeplace of crimeplace of viceinformal:jointdivedump
   • 2. a small subdivision of a Cub Scout pack. US

   verb

   • 1. (of a wild animal) live in a den: "the cubs denned in the late autumn"

   Word Origin Old Englishdenn, of Germanic origin; related to German Tenne ‘threshing floor’, also to dene1.

   Scrabble Points: 4

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   • N

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