Den and Tunnel

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Den noun - The shelter or resting place of a wild animal.

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

Tunnel noun - A passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars).

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

Nearby Words: tunneled, tunneling, tunnelled

old	old den	old tunnel
full	full den	full tunnel
clean	clean den	clean tunnel
long	long den	long tunnel
Other adjectives: real, massive, big, huge, black, dark, famous, secret, abandoned, hidden, underground, nearby.

His original mate picks a birthing den that's a single tunnel leading to a single burrow.

Source: Literature / The Fox and the Hound
He decides to go for it, commenting "You know what they say — 'If you don't go into the lion's den, you can't count your chickens.'" There is a sound of wind blowing from the tunnel and after a pause, Viola comments "That doesn't make any sense."

Source: Chirping Crickets

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