Meanings
adjectivehideaway (not comparable)
- not comparableCapable of being stored out of sight when not in use.
Furnishings by Stanley Furniture Co. include […] a trundle bed with hideaway mattress that provides space for two overnight guests.
1980, Making of America Project, House Beautiful: Volume 1221 more example
Thomas Jefferson, who held the first United States patent on a hideaway bed, devised a system of elevating and securing the bed to the ceiling.
2006, Dr Ben Lerner, Angle of Yaw, page 53
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian скривалище, убежище
- скривалище (skrivalište)a hiding place
- убежище (ubežište)a hiding place
French cachette
- cachettea hiding place
Latin latebra
- latebraa hiding place
Māori kuhunga
- kuhungaa hiding place
Polish ermitaż, pustelnia
- ermitaża hiding place
- pustelniaa hiding place
- samotniaa hiding place
- ustroniea hiding place
Cite this entry
APA
hideaway. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hideaway
MLA
“hideaway.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hideaway. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hideaway,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hideaway.
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