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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