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WARREN definition: 1. a series of connecting underground passages and holes in which rabbits live 2. a very crowded…. Learn more.
1. chiefly British. a. : a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) b. : the privilege of hunting game in such a warren. 2. a (1) : an area (as of uncultivated ground) where rabbits breed. (2) : a structure where rabbits are kept or bred. b. : the rabbits of a warren. 3. a. : a crowded tenement or district. b.
an enclosed place where small game animals or birds are kept, esp for breeding, or a part of a river or lake enclosed by nets in which fish are kept (esp in the phrase beasts or fowls of warren)
A warren isn't just the maze-like tunnels where rabbits live. You may encounter a warren of subway tunnels or a warren of interconnected bomb shelters. Bring those narrow paths above ground and cluster them with homes and you have another kind of warren, or a maze-like residential area.
Word forms: plural warrens. 1. countable noun [oft noun NOUN] A warren is a group of holes in the ground which are connected by tunnels and which rabbits live in. 2. countable noun. If you describe a building or an area of a city as a warren, you mean that there are many narrow passages or streets.
Noun. Pronoun. Filter. noun. A space or limited area in which rabbits breed or are numerous. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A piece of land enclosed for the breeding of game. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A colony of rabbits. American Heritage. Any building or group of buildings crowded like a rabbit warren.
war·ren. (wôr′ən, wŏr′-) n. 1. a. An area where rabbits live in burrows. b. A colony of rabbits. 2. An enclosure for small game animals. 3. a. An overcrowded living area. b. A mazelike place where one may easily become lost: a warren of narrow, dark alleys and side streets.
Definition of warren noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
warren meaning: a group of connected underground holes where rabbits live. Learn more.
warren meaning, definition, what is warren: the underground home of rabbits: Learn more.
