burrow
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈbɜːroʊ/
:
madriguera
- The rabbit quickly scurried back into its burrow to escape the approaching storm.
- burrow entrance
- mudskipper burrows
- rodent burrow
Checked the next day and it was just rigor mortis in his little like Burrow.
- Checked the next day and it was just rigor mortis in his little like Burrow.
- You can even hear the birds and insects grow silent as they return to their nests and Burrows.
Examples
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Within the confines of its burrow, the wombat uses its bony lower back as a shield.
Academic text (1995) -
A family of groundhogs is nestled together in their burrow, sleeping off the end of a long winter.
Fiction book (1993) -
The kid is framed in the burrow opening just a few feet away.
Fiction book (2002) -
Then I couIdn't find the burrow for the bunny.
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There's always another entrance to a burrow.
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During the night, they wander and at dawn enter a burrow for shelter from predators.
Academic text (1995) -
We travelers need a tight place to call our own; a burrow to crawl into.
Fiction book (1998) -
In dry weather, they retire to burrows, dense vegetation, or other protective places.
Academic text (2001) -
With five people crowded into the burrow, Kamoj stayed on her feet, pressed against the earthen wall.
Fiction book (1999) -
Cryptolithus scratched out shallow burrows and fed on tiny creatures in the sediment on the sea floor.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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4.9
A hidden place where a wild animal lives and rests
80
1.4
A passage dug by an animal to live in or move through
1
3.4
A hole in the ground where wild rabbits live and hide
A hole or tunnel in the ground where small wild animals live
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Etymology
Burrow originally meant a 'hiding place' in the ground, which gives a clear picture: a burrow is the hole or tunnel an animal digs to live in or hide.