warren

n.

1. 1. An area where rabbits live in burrows.
   2. A colony of rabbits. See synonyms at flock¹.
2. An enclosure for small game animals.
3. 1. An overcrowded living area.
   2. A mazelike place where one may easily become lost: a warren of narrow, dark alleys and side streets.

[Middle English warenne, from Old North French, enclosure.]

(WOR-ehn)

noun
1. A place where rabbits live or are kept. 2. A building or area that is overcrowded or has a complicated layout. [From Middle English warenne, area for breeding game, from Old French, possibly of Germanic origin.

Usage
"Both cases decided, Dr. Watson, and both in my favour. I haven't had such a day since I had Sir John Morland for trespass because he shot in his own warren." — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles.

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[MC]

Area of land used for keeping and managing large communities of rabbits or hares for exploitation as a source of food and/or fur. Warrens usually include one or more pillow mound in which the animals were kept under controlled conditions. Vermin traps and a warrener's house are also common. Warrens were important economic resources in medieval times in northern Europe.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits
  Synonym: rabbit warren

Meaning #2: an overcrowded residential area
  Synonym: rabbit warren

Meaning #3: a colony of rabbits

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kaningård, rotterede, lejekaserne, labyrint af små rum

Nederlands (Dutch)
konijnenhol, overbevolkt huis/-buurt

Français (French)
n. - garenne, terriers, labyrinthe

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kaninchengehege, Ameisenhaufen, Labyrinth, Wildgehege

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λαβύρινθος, κονικλοτροφείο, λαγούμι

Italiano (Italian)
conigliera

Português (Portuguese)
n. - local muito povoado

Русский (Russian)
садок для кроликов, охотничий заповедник для мелкой дичи, право охоты в таком заповеднике, "муравейник" (о большом перенаселенном здании)

Español (Spanish)
n. - conejera, laberinto, colmena, vivar, conejera (lugar habitado por muchas personas), lugar vedado (reservado para la cría de ciertos animales)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kaningård, råttbo (fig.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
养兔场, 拥挤的地方

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 養兔場, 擁擠的地方

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 양토장, 토끼의 군서지, 미로

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 養兎場, ウサギ群生地, 男子名, ウォレン

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أرض مخصصه قانونيا لصيد الأرانب و الحمامات, أرانب, مكان أو مبنى لتربيه الأرانب, متاهه أي مكان كثير الممرات ىالمخابئ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רשת מחילות של שפן, מקום מאוכלס בצפיפות, מבוך-סמטאות‬

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