Den

//dɛn//

Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

Adverb

The word "den" can be used as noun, verb, proper noun and adverb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

cave england houseplan london mountainside

Coordinate Terms

bedsit drawing room front room living room living-room lounge lounge room loungeroom parlor parlour sitter sitting room zitkamer

Derived Terms

Boris's den Maggie's den Major's den Tony's den Walsden beard the lion in his den dealer's den den mother den of iniquity denful denlike denner dragon's den drug den gambling den lion's den opium den

Context

legal scotland sports uk

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

habitation hiding place location place room site social unit space unit

Type Of (IsA)

room stadium unit

Part Of

Related Terms

Related Terms

cavern concealment dell dennis diminutive ensconce given name glen haunt hide hill hollow narrow ravine rock shelter squalid wretched

Synonym Network

Used For

animals hibernating hiding in hold bear home office hybernation living in paying bills place to hide raising bear cubs reading relax relax and watch tv resting sitting in studying watching television working

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.