Dictionary

rabbit warren en · NOUN

Etymology

From rabbit + warren (“nest or burrow”).

Meanings

1. An underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits.
   • Meronym: rabbit hole (precisely meronymous)
2. A confusingly labyrinthine environment.
   • "Everybody knows the publicly visible areas. But in the basement, which is a rabbit warren of ageing kit, we need to do something serious. [...]." 2020 November 18, Mike Brown tells Paul Stephen, “I wasn't going to let the Mayor down”, in Rail, page 45:

Forms

Hypernyms

latibulum[Appendix:Glossary · cuniculus

Synonyms

rabbit hole[Appendix:Glossary · pillow mound

Translations (13)

ca conillera (An underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits) · nl konijnenpijpen (An underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits) · cy cwningar (An underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits) · es conejar (An underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits) · ca lloriguera (An underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits) · fr labyrinthe (A confusingly labyrinthine environment) · fr garenne (An underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits) · es laberinto (A confusingly labyrinthine environment) · de Labyrinth (A confusingly labyrinthine environment) · nl doolhof (A confusingly labyrinthine environment) · es conejera (An underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits) · nl konijnengangen (An underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits) · de Gänge des Kaninchenbaus (An underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits)