dens

[ denz ]

noun

, Zoology.

, plural den·tes [den, -teez].

1. a tooth or toothlike part.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dens¹

< Latin dēns; tooth

Example Sentences

Both vaporiums I visited included areas to hang out it, like the louche opium dens of old.

From The Daily Beast

He stormed legendary spots like Palladium and Tunnel, and turned them into strobe-lit dens of iniquity.

From The Daily Beast

The sun ariseth; they gather themselves together and lay them down in their dens.

From The Daily Beast

Dingoes make their homes in hollowed out logs, dens, or rabbit holes.

From The Daily Beast

For the house is forsaken, the multitude of the city is left, darkness and obscurity are come upon its dens for ever.

From Project Gutenberg

In the dens where dragons dwelt before, shall rise up the verdure of the reed and the bulrush.

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The prisons were horrible dens in which felons and debtors, men and women, old and young, were crowded together.

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They retire at night into their dens, where they live on black bread, water and roots.

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They were confined in dens constructed for them near the castle walls.

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