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rabbit warren definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an overcrowded residential area [syn: warren, rabbit warren]
2: a series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits [syn: warren, rabbit warren]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1766 1. warren 2a 2. warren 3b

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rabbit warren, a piece of ground appropriated to the breeding and preservation of rabbits. --Wright. Rock rabbit. (Zo["o]l.) See Daman, and Klipdas. Welsh rabbit, a dish of which the chief constituents are toasted bread and toasted cheese, prepared in various ways. The name is said to be a corruption of Welsh rare bit, but perhaps it is merely a humorous designation.