rabbit burrow
- noun
- /ˈræbɪt ˈbɜːroʊ/
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madriguera de conejo
- We found a deserted rabbit burrow in the middle of the field.
Examples
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The children peeked into a rabbit burrow hoping to spot some baby bunnies.
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The rabbit burrow was hidden under the bushes.
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A fox was seen waiting silently outside the rabbit burrow at dawn.
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Many rabbit burrows can be found in this area.
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We spotted a rabbit burrow while walking through the forest, which was hidden under some bushes.
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The children were excited to see a rabbit burrow in the backyard, imagining all the little rabbits living inside.
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After digging for hours, the dog finally found a rabbit's burrow and excitedly began to sniff around it.
Synonyms
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1.4
A passage dug by an animal to live in or move through
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2.7
A hole or tunnel dug in the ground by an animal for shelter
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3.4
A hole in the ground where wild rabbits live and hide
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Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'rabbit' (an animal) + 'burrow' (a tunnel or hole), so a learner who knows both words will readily infer it refers to a hole used by rabbits. This noun–noun compounding is a common and transparent pattern cross-linguistically with no idiomatic or metaphorical shift.
Etymology
Rabbit burrow comes from the simple image of a rabbit digging a burrow: a tunnel or hole under the ground where it hides, sleeps and has its babies. So the phrase means 'a hole or tunnel used by wild rabbits as a home'.