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warren

When Bugs Bunny outruns Elmer Fudd and vanishes down his rabbit hole, he's escaping into a warren — a network of underground tunnels where rabbits live.

A warren isn't just the maze-like tunnels where rabbits live. You may encounter a warren of subway tunnels or a warren of interconnected bomb shelters. Bring those narrow paths above ground and cluster them with homes and you have another kind of warren, or a maze-like residential area.

DEFINITIONS OF: warren

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n a colony of rabbits

Type of:
animal group
a group of animals

n a series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits

Synonyms:
rabbit warren
Type of:
burrow, tunnel
a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter

n an overcrowded residential area

Synonyms:
rabbit warren
Type of:
community, residential area, residential district
a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences
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