- a series of interconnected underground tunnels in which rabbits live
- a colony of rabbits
- an overcrowded area or dwelling
- chiefly Brit an enclosed place where small game animals or birds are kept, esp for breeding, or a part of a river or lake enclosed by nets in which fish are kept (esp in the phrase beasts or fowls of warren)
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war•ren /ˈwɔrən, ˈwɑr-/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Zoologya place where rabbits breed.
- a crowded building or area, esp. one having many passageways or small rooms.
war•ren
(wôr′ən, wor′-),USA pronunciation n.
War•ren (wôr′ən, wor′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Zoologya place where rabbits breed or abound.
- a building or area containing many tenants in limited or crowded quarters.
- Gmc *warinne game park, equivalent. to *war- (base of *warjan to defend) + *-inne feminine noun, nominal suffix
- Anglo-French; Old French g(u)arenne
- Middle English warenne 1350–1400
War•ren (wôr′ən, wor′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Biographical Earl, 1891–1974, U.S. lawyer and political leader: Chief Justice of the U.S. 1953–69.
- Biographical Joseph, 1741–75, American physician, statesman, and patriot.
- Biographical Mercy Otis, 1728–1814, U.S. historian and poet (sister of James Otis).
- Biographical Robert Penn, born 1905, U.S. novelist and poet: named the first U.S. poet laureate (1986–87).
- Place Namesa city in SE Michigan, near Detroit. 161,134.
- Place Namesa city in NE Ohio, NW of Youngstown. 56,629.
- Place Namesa city in NW Pennsylvania. 12,146.
- Place Namesa town in E Rhode Island. 10,640.
- a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning "protection.''
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warren /ˈwɒrən/ n
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Warren /ˈwɒrən/ n
- a city in the US, in SE Michigan, northeast of Detroit. Pop: 136 016 (2003 est)
Warren /ˈwɒrən/ n
- Earl. 1891–1974, US lawyer; chief justice of the US (1953–69). He chaired the commission that investigated the murder of President Kennedy
- (John)Robin. 1937–2024, Australian pathologist who, with Barry Marshall, demonstrated that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori is the cause of most peptic ulcers, for which they won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2005)
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