hideaway
Americannoun
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a place to which a person can retreat for safety, privacy, relaxation, or seclusion; refuge.
His hideaway is in the mountains.
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of hideaway
1870–75; noun, adj. use of verb phrase (transitive) hide ( something ) away or (intransitive) hide away
Example Sentences
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“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.”
From Literature
On a cold September morning, Jamie Smart discovered an orb-weaver spider curled up inside its silken hideaway.
From BBC
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.
From Los Angeles Times
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.
From Los Angeles Times
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.
From Los Angeles Times
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