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rabbit warren

noun

Etymology

From rabbit + warren (“nest or burrow”).

  1. derived from *warrā✻
  2. derived from *warrennā✻
  3. derived from *warjaną✻
  4. derived from *warjan✻
  5. derived from warenne
  6. compounded as rabbit warren — “rabbit + warren”

Definitions

  1. An underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits.

    • Meronym: rabbit hole (precisely meronymous)

  2. 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. [...]."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA