DEN


Meaning of DEN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ den ]

( dens)

1.

A den is the home of certain types of wild animals such as lions or foxes.

N-COUNT

2.

Your den is a quiet room in your house where you can go to study, work, or carry on a hobby without being disturbed. ( AM )

N-COUNT

3.

A den is a secret place where people meet, usually for a dishonest purpose.

I could provide you with the addresses of at least three illegal drinking dens.

N-COUNT : usu supp N

4.

If you describe a place as a den of a particular type of bad or illegal behaviour, you mean that a lot of that type of behaviour goes on there.

...the one-bedroomed flat that was to become his den of savage debauchery.

N-COUNT : N of n

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