An excavation made in the ground for habitation by an animal, as the fox or badger; a burrow.

A hole or excavation made in the ground for a dwelling-place by rabbits, foxes and the like.

A burrow (of rabbits, or the like).

As a count noun: an animal's dwelling or hiding place; the hole or lair of a burrowing mammal, esp. a fox or badger. Also figurative. Cf. phrases 7.

regional. A tunnel, a burrow; (North American) the underwater entrance to a beaver's lodge. Now rare.

A burrow; a tunnel forming part of a burrow or nest. Now English regional (northern) and rare.

transferred. The burrow of an animal.

A large burrow excavated or occupied by a warthog.