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# warren

«warren» in Mova's school dictionary: **A group of connected underground holes and tunnels where…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a warren, warrens); name (Warren)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A group of connected underground holes and tunnels where rabbits live. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warren/#m1)

2) A building or area with many narrow, confusing passages or small rooms: "a warren of little streets". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warren/#m2)

3) (a name) Warren is also a boy's first name and a family name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warren/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In nature lessons a warren is a rabbit's home, with burrows linking many tunnels. In stories like "Watership Down" the rabbits leave their warren to find a new one. Describing a building as "a warren" tells the reader it is easy to get lost in. Phrases: rabbit warren, a warren of tunnels, a warren of streets.

### examples

- The rabbits ran back into their warren. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warren/#x1)
- A warren can have dozens of tunnels and exits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warren/#x2)
- The old school was a warren of corridors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warren/#x3)
- The town centre is a warren of narrow lanes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warren/#x4)
- In the book, the rabbits search for a safe new warren. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warren/#x5)
- Our neighbour's name is Warren. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warren/#x6)
- He went and made a present of these to the King, as he had done before of the rabbit which he took in the warren. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warren/#x7)

### note

Countable: a warren, warrens. The name Warren has a capital letter. The holes are burrows; the whole system is the warren. Badgers live in a sett, not a warren; foxes in a den or earth.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «warren» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warren/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.