Meanings
plural rabbit warrens
- An underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits.
Meronym: rabbit hole (precisely meronymous)
Synonyms: pillow mound, rabbit hole[Appendix:Glossary
- A confusingly labyrinthine environment.
"Everybody knows the publicly visible areas. But in the basement, which is a rabbit warren of ageing kit, we need to do something serious. [...]."
2020 November 18, Mike Brown tells Paul Stephen, “I wasn't going to let the Mayor down”, in Rail, page 45
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan overcrowded residential area
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From rabbit + warren (“nest or burrow”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan lloriguera, conillera
- llorigueraAn underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits
- conilleraAn underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits
Dutch konijnenpijpen, konijnengangen
- konijnenpijpenAn underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits
- konijnengangenAn underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits
- doolhofA confusingly labyrinthine environment
French garenne, labyrinthe
- garenneAn underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits
- labyrintheA confusingly labyrinthine environment
German Gänge des Kaninchenbaus, Labyrinth
- Gänge des KaninchenbausAn underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits
- LabyrinthA confusingly labyrinthine environment
Spanish conejera, conejar
- conejeraAn underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits
- conejarAn underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits
- laberintoA confusingly labyrinthine environment
Welsh cwningar
- cwningarAn underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits
Cite this entry
rabbit warren. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rabbit%20warren
“rabbit warren.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rabbit%20warren. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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