den
IPA: dˈɛn
noun
- A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.
- A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.
- A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
- Synonym of fort (“structure improvised from furniture, etc. for playing games.”)
- (UK, Scotland, obsolete) A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.
- A group of Cub Scouts of the same age who work on projects together.
- A diminutive of the male given name Dennis.
- Abbreviation of denier (a unit of weight) [(now historical) An old French coin worth one-twelfth of a sou.]
- (Northumbria, chiefly in place names) Alternative form of dene. [(Northumbria) a valley, especially the deep valley of a stream or rivulet]
- (sports) Abbreviation of Denver. [The capital and largest city of Colorado.]
verb
- (reflexive) To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.
- (intransitive, zoology) Of an animal, to use as a den; to take up residence in.
adverb
- Pronunciation spelling of then, representing AAVE, Bermuda English. [(temporal location) At that time.]
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Examples of "den" in Sentences
- I recline in a den on the earth.
- The Den of Woe is located in a ravine here.
- Den was the original landlord of The Queen Vic.
- They have entered the den of the crazy pianist.
- It is the western continuation of the Unter den Linden.
- I was sitting in the den, watching the end of the game.
- Den Helder is also the sunniest city in the Netherlands.
- The US embassy and the Den of Espionage are about the same building.
- As birth of the young approaches in April or May, the male leaves the den.
- Description of the making of 'Sunshine Daydream', posted on The Traders' Den.
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