hideaway

[ hahyd-uh-wey ]
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noun
  1. a place to which a person can retreat for safety, privacy, relaxation, or seclusion; refuge: His hideaway is in the mountains.

adjective
  1. hidden; concealed; a hideaway compartment for luggage.

Origin of hideaway

1
1870–75; noun, adj. use of verb phrase (transitive) hide (something) away or (intransitive) hide away

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British Dictionary definitions for hideaway

hideaway

/ (ˈhaɪdəˌweɪ) /


noun
  1. a hiding place or secluded spot

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