den
noun
[ dɛn ]
• a wild mammal's hidden home; a lair.
• "a female mink had set up her den there"
Similar:
lair,
sett,
earth,
drey,
lodge,
burrow,
hole,
tunnel,
cave,
dugout,
hollow,
covert,
shelter,
hiding place,
hideout,
hidey-hole,
• a small subdivision of a Cub Scout pack.
den
verb
• (of a wild animal) live in a den.
• "the cubs denned in the late autumn"
Origin:
Old English denn, of Germanic origin; related to German Tenne ‘threshing floor’, also to dene1.
