Den and Shelter

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Den

Den noun - A place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others.

Usage example: an abandoned building that is often used as a den by the city's petty criminals

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Shelter is a synonym for den in hideaway topic. In some cases you can use "Shelter" instead a noun "Den", when it comes to topics like lair, nature, cavern.

Shelter

Shelter noun - Something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or protection from danger.

Usage example: the sudden fierce storm forced us to run to the nearest shelter

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Den is a synonym for shelter in hideaway topic. You can use "Den" instead a noun "Shelter", if it concerns topics such as protection, nature, place, cave.

Nearby Words: sheltered, sheltering, shelterless

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old	old den	old shelter
full	full den	full shelter
massive	massive den	massive shelter
huge	huge den	huge shelter
Other adjectives: black, personal, secret, abandoned, final, hidden, underground, local, nearby, glorified.

Both words in one sentence

Gintama, Katsura tries to use a bigfoot's den as shelter from a snowstorm, thinking it had vacated it after he left a note asking it to do so in one of its shoes along with a thumbtack.

Source: Bigfoot, Sasquatch and Yeti

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