Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A place of concealment; a hideout.
- noun A secluded or isolated place.
- adjective Designed to be stored out of sight, as by folding into a cabinet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws.
- noun an area where one can be alone and undisturbed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
hiding place , somewhere you can go to get away from other people - adjective Capable of being stored out of sight when not in use.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an area where you can be alone
- noun a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws
Etymologies
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Examples
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Most senators have what they call hideaway offices.
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For this verdant subterranean hideaway is arguably London's most stylish and comfortable place in which to enjoy a cigar.
Dusting Off the Stogie's Stodgy Image Jemima Sissons 2010
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Instead, it has become a hideaway from the unsafe streets of America's second largest city.
Joel John Roberts: Homeless Woman Lives in Public Storage Unit Joel John Roberts 2010
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Instead, it has become a hideaway from the unsafe streets of America's second largest city.
Joel John Roberts: Homeless Woman Lives in Public Storage Unit Joel John Roberts 2010
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Instead, it has become a hideaway from the unsafe streets of America's second largest city.
Joel John Roberts: Homeless Woman Lives in Public Storage Unit Joel John Roberts 2010
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Instead, it has become a hideaway from the unsafe streets of America's second largest city.
Joel John Roberts: Homeless Woman Lives in Public Storage Unit Joel John Roberts 2010
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Instead, it has become a hideaway from the unsafe streets of America's second largest city.
Joel John Roberts: Homeless Woman Lives in Public Storage Unit Joel John Roberts 2010
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So you mean to tell me that because of some dumb mother truckers, I have to drive to my mountain hideaway???
One for the birds 2008
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All we can hope for is that if we are lucky, Hastert will lose his house leadership role and vacte to his Wisconsin hideaway, never to be heard from again.
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Takamatsu and to a mountain hideaway where the ordinary laws of time no longer apply.
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