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Meanings of den in English

Portuguese
esconderijo
Catalan
cau
Spanish
madriguera

A hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws.

        esconderijo
        Portuguese
        covil
        Catalan
        cau
        Spanish
        madriguera

        The habitation of wild animals.

              covil
              Usage of den in English
              1
              Within minutes the place was a smoke-filled den of tipsy Sherlock Holmses.
              Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
              2
              Doesn't mean that I'll let you walk into the lions' den alone.
              Gentlemen prefer succubi
              3
              On his way past the den, he noticed Sid on the floor.
              Come out tonight
              4
              The General was the first to enter that foul and gloomy den.
              The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
              5
              They represented in full-size detail the paper used upon the den walls.
              The Second Violin
              6
              And where protocols are not working, address them, adds van den Heever.
              The South African
              7
              She stopped short when she saw Ali and Emily in the den.
              Ali’s Pretty Little Lies
              8
              Yet Inspector Field stands in this den, the Sultan of the place.
              Reprinted Pieces
              9
              The den was an apartment projecting from the back of the house.
              The House of Souls
              10
              I stayed in the den and read Ibsen, and felt very mournful.
              When a Man Marries
              11
              I should like to watch with you in the den this evening.
              The Dream Doctor
              12
              She said she had made up a pull-out bed in the den.
              61 hours
              13
              Mr Dickens, this is a simple opium den in a simple catacomb.
              Drood: a novel
              14
              She had not ever seen the Editor in his den at midnight.
              Diana of the Crossways — Volume 4
              15
              Edna immediately starts to set up a makeshift office in my den.
              First degree
              16
              She found the prefects assembled in their den, looking dignified and perturbed.
              The Luckiest Girl in the School
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              Translations for den
              Catalan
              caucatau
              Den through the time
              Den across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Common
              Ireland
              Less common