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rabbit warren

rabbit warren noun: an underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits.

Noun

rabbit warren (plural rabbit warrens)

  1. An underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits.
    • Meronym: rabbit hole (precisely meronymous)
    Synonyms:
    pillow mound, rabbit hole[Appendix:Glossary
  2. A confusingly labyrinthine environment.
    • "Everybody knows the publicly visible areas. But in the basement, which is a rabbit warren of ageing kit, we need to do something serious. [...]."2020 November 18, Mike Brown tells Paul Stephen, “I wasn't going to let the Mayor down”, in Rail, page 45

Synonyms of rabbit warren

Forms of rabbit warren

pluralrabbit warrens

Origin of rabbit warren

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

Questions about rabbit warren

What does rabbit warren mean?
Rabbit warren means an underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits.
What part of speech is rabbit warren?
Rabbit warren is a noun.
What is the plural of rabbit warren?
The plural of rabbit warren is rabbit warrens.

Words near rabbit warren in the dictionary

  1. rabbit tooth
  2. rabbit trail
  3. rabbit trails
  4. rabbit vibrator
  5. rabbit vibrators
  6. rabbit warren
  7. rabbit warrens
  8. rabbit's foot
  9. rabbit's-foot fern
  10. rabbit's-foot ferns
  11. rabbit-ear iris

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