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Word entry · 6 letters

warren

Best crossword clue

"Burrow network"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈwɒɹən/Part of speech nounSorted aenrrwStarts with WEnds with N2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A network of burrows or a crowded, maze-like place.

Word origin

From Middle English warenne, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French warenne (compare Old French guarenne, garenne (“game-park”)), probably ultimately from Frankish *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“ward off, defend against”); compare also Old French warir, guarir, a borrowing from this Germanic root. Alternatively from Gaulish *warrennā (“enclosed area”), from *warros (“stick, post”), Proto-Celtic *warrā (“post, prop”).

Used in a sentence

  • The largest warren in group 9 had 10 entrances in use and 11 not in use.
  • We piled into Manchester's car, leaving mine at the gallery, and crossed town, striking off the main road and into a warren of dirt roads and adobe.
  • Grouse are not birds of warren ( 2 ); and trespass on a free warren will not lie for shooting them .

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Burrow network6 letters
02Rabbit colony6 letters

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