(~s)
1.
A ~ is the home of certain types of wild animals such as lions or foxes.
N-COUNT
2.
Your ~ is a quiet room in your house where you can go to study, work, or carry on a hobby without being disturbed. (AM)
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3.
A ~ 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 ~s.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
4.
If you describe a place as a ~ 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 ~ of savage debauchery.
N-COUNT: N of n