hideaway

[hahyd-uh-wey]

noun

1. a place to which a person can retreat for safety, privacy, relaxation, or seclusion; refuge.

   His hideaway is in the mountains.

2. hideaway bed.

adjective

1. hidden; concealed; a hideaway compartment for luggage.

hideaway

/ ˈhaɪdəˌweɪ /

noun

1. a hiding place or secluded spot

Word History and Origins

Origin of hideaway¹

1870–75; noun, adj. use of verb phrase (transitive) hide ( something ) away or (intransitive) hide away

Example Sentences

“If war never comes,” a Life magazine article suggested, “children can claim it for a hideaway, father can use it for poker games, and mother can count on it as a guest room.”

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On a cold September morning, Jamie Smart discovered an orb-weaver spider curled up inside its silken hideaway.

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I quickly snuck back into my hideaway and stayed quiet, listening to the gnarled sounds of this massive animal grazing just feet away from me.

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The Henry Murray Stage upstairs at the Matrix Theatre has been transformed into an adolescent hideaway, where music and literature are the only salves for alienated brooding.

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For the past 12 months our photographers have roamed hotel rooms, celebrity homes and even hideaways of the Hollywood Bowl in search of transcendent shots of Hollywood and arts figures in their element.

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Related Words

• hideout 
• lair 
• refuge