What is another word for Burrows?

Pronunciation: [bˈʌɹə͡ʊz] (IPA)

Burrows are holes or tunnels dug by animals like rabbits, moles, or groundhogs. However, there are plenty of alternate words that can be used to describe these underground living spaces. Some synonyms for burrows include dens, lairs, tunnels, warrens, and excavations. Additionally, a burrow might also be called a hole, a nest, or a home. Different species of animals tend to use different words to describe their burrows, with some more specific terms including sett, as used to describe the home of a badger, or lodge, as used for the home of a beaver. Regardless of the term used, the concept of burrows remains the same: they provide a safe and secure space for animals to live and breed.

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What are the hypernyms for Burrows?

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Usage examples for Burrows

Here, too, the Burrows had probably existed first and had attracted the wheatears, and the birds had brought the seed from some distant bush.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
Five years before, the rabbits, finding it a suitable spot to dig in, probably because of a softer chalk there, made a number of deep Burrows at that spot.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
When the wheatears, or "horse-maggers" as he called them, returned in spring two or three pairs attached themselves to this group of Burrows and bred in them.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson

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