den
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1.0
- noun
- /dɛn/
- US
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sala de estar
- UH, RIGHT HERE IN MY DAD'S DEN.
- rooms and dens
- living rooms and dens
- a den in the house
I'm still broadcasting from my den with Jackson Brown's haircut.
- I'm still broadcasting from my den with Jackson Brown's haircut.
- So technically this is odd because it's the den with its own bathroom.
- I come into his den and I'm trying to pitch him.
- So what used to be the writing den out here is now the accounting department.
- On that note, let's go into the den.
- I am back today in my Zen den.
Examples
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But eventually, entertainment followed us home and settled itself in our living rooms and dens.
Academic text (1999) -
So what used to be the writing den out here is now the accounting department.
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First of all, I got to say I would like one of these in my den this same size.
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But then she just has this like little front den where she works from.
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We have the dining room, the den, the garage which I have converted into an entire home movie theater.
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So you've got this little den loft area right when you enter.
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They seemed perfectly content where they were, sitting in between rows of leather-bound books in mahogany-paneled dens in Connecticut.
Fiction book (1996) -
Below him, the island bent like an elongated banana, lit with the lives of normal, happy people at home in their dens and rec rooms, and beyond them opened the black Atlantic.
Fiction book (1991) -
After a long day, I love to unwind in my den, where I can read and relax by the fireplace.
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The family gathered in the den to watch their favorite movie together on a cozy Friday night.
Synonyms
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1.0
A room in a house where people relax and sit together, for example to watch TV
186
4.4
A room in a house or inn where people sit to talk and meet guests
17
3.3
A room in a house for games and relaxing
Idioms
- Informal
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9.9
To confront a powerful person directly in their own place
Compounds
How Comfortable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Den comes from the same old English word denn meaning an animal's 'home', and people later used it for a small, cozy room because it feels like a private 'lair'. That's why a den is a comfortable spot in the house where you relax.