den

English

/dɛn/, /dɪn/

noun
Definitions
  • 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.
  • (UK) A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English den inherited from Old English denn (cave, lair, a woodland pasture for swine, den, a swine-pasture) inherited from *danni (threshing-floor, barn-floor).

Origin

*danni

Gloss

threshing-floor, barn-floor

Concept
Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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