madriguera — meaning in English
Spanish → English · translate English → Spanish instead
English meaning
- burrow verb To dig a tunnel or hole, typically as a home or hiding place.
- den noun A wild animal's shelter, such as a cave or burrow.
- earth name The planet we live on, third from the Sun.
- lair noun The den or hidden resting place of a wild animal.
- lodge verb To become firmly fixed in a particular position.
- warren noun A network of interconnecting burrows where rabbits live.
Senses
madriguera is used for these senses in English:
- burrow A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
- den 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.
- den A group of Cub Scouts of the same age who work on projects together.
- earth The lair or den (as a hole in the ground) of an animal such as a fox.
- lodge A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.
- rabbit hole Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rabbit, hole. The entrance to a rabbit warren or burrow; the whole warren or burrow.
- warren A system of burrows in which rabbits live.
burrow — full definition
- verb To dig a tunnel or hole, typically as a home or hiding place.
- verb To push or nestle into something for warmth, comfort, or safety.
- noun A tunnel or hole dug by an animal as a home.
den — full definition
- noun A wild animal's shelter, such as a cave or burrow.
- noun A small, cozy room in a home used for relaxing rather than formal entertaining.
- noun A place associated with a disreputable or secretive activity.