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- US Pronunciation
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- [hahyd-uh-wey]
- /ˈhaɪd əˌweɪ/
- /ˈhaɪd.əˌweɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [hahyd-uh-wey]
- /ˈhaɪd əˌweɪ/
Definitions of hideaway word
- noun hideaway a place to which a person can retreat for safety, privacy, relaxation, or seclusion; refuge: His hideaway is in the mountains. 1
- noun hideaway hideaway bed. 1
- adjective hideaway hidden; concealed; a hideaway compartment for luggage. 1
- noun hideaway A place used as a retreat or a hiding place. 1
- noun hideaway private retreat 1
- countable noun hideaway A hideaway is a place where you go to hide or to get away from other people. 0
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Origin of hideaway
First appearance:
before 1870 One of the 26% newest English words
1870-75; noun, adj. use of verb phrase (transitive) hide (something) away or (intransitive) hide away
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Parts of speech for Hideaway
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hideaway popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hideaway usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hideaway
noun hideaway
- hideout — a safe place for hiding, especially from the law.
- lair — A wild animal's resting place, especially one that is well hidden.
- refuge — shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.: to take refuge from a storm.
- nest — a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- den — A den is the home of certain types of wild animals such as lions or foxes.
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