hiding place
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈhaɪdɪŋ pleɪs/
:
escondite
- He must have found a good hiding place.
- a good hiding place
- provide a hiding place
Examples
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The Harpers were dangerously close to their hiding place, which lay only blocks away.
Fiction book (1992) -
But once you reach your hiding place, you should be safe.
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I know where the secret hiding place is.
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I found a hiding place.
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You found my secret hiding place.
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Have you never had a secret hiding place?
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Use him to flush Johnson out of his hiding place.
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I waited a while before leaving my hiding place and pretended I had just arrived.
Fiction book (1993) -
Hanu and Jeela had found a hiding place where they could now live together.
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When they played hide and seek, my favorite hiding place was behind the tree in the backyard.
Synonyms
106
4.8
A house where people in danger hide to stay safe
69
8.0
A place where criminals hide and plan crimes
55
4.0
A secret place where someone stays to avoid being found
40
3.0
A small sheltered corner where you can sit or read
25
5.1
A private place where someone goes to be alone
1
7.5
A small secret place to keep things safe or be alone
1
7.9
A thick area of bushes where animals hide
1
8.3
A private place to go to relax or hide from others
1
7.0
A small narrow space where a person can hide
A small secret pocket that holds money and papers inside clothes or bags
A secret cave that appears in old stories
The most secret inner part of a building or place
A place where someone hides to wait secretly, often to do something bad
A secret place by a river where only a few people fish
How Secret
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase 'hiding place' is transparently built from 'hiding' (the condition of being concealed) modifying 'place' (a location), so the combined meaning — a location for concealment — is directly derivable from the constituents. This compositional pattern (modifier + place) is common cross-linguistically and would be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Hiding place comes from the simple idea of a spot where someone hides: hiding means 'to stay out of sight' and place means 'a location'. So a hiding place is a 'secret spot' where a person or thing can be kept safe from 'being found'.