rabbit warren

English

Etymology

rabbit +‎ warren (“nest or burrow”)

Noun

rabbit warren (plural rabbit warrens)

  1. An underground system of interconnected tunnels occupied by rabbits.
    Synonym: rabbit hole (broadly synonymous)
    Hypernyms: latibulum (obsolete), cuniculus
    Meronym: rabbit hole (precisely meronymous)
  2. A confusingly labyrinthine environment.
    • 2020 November 18, Mike Brown tells Paul Stephen, “I wasn't going to let the Mayor down”, in Rail, page 45:
      "Everybody knows the publicly visible areas. But in the basement, which is a rabbit warren of ageing kit, we need to do something serious. [...]."

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