1
chiefly British
a
: a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant)
b
: the privilege of hunting game in such a warren
2
a(1)
: an area (as of uncultivated ground) where rabbits breed
(2)
: a structure where rabbits are kept or bred
b
: the rabbits of a warren
3
a
: a crowded tenement or district
b
: a maze of passageways or small rooms
Examples of warren in a Sentence
a warren of narrow hallways
got lost in the warren of interconnected side streets
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Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
Children from blue-collar warrens straddling the road strutted about.
—Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
Most of Goma is a warren of improvised housing, with tin shacks for the poorest and cinder-block huts for those a little better off.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
The complex grew some eight stories deep, a warren of rooms built with extraordinary sophistication, equipped with ventilation, kitchen and sleeping quarters, even spaces for crushing grapes and making wine.
—Katie Kitamura, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for warren
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“Warren.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warren. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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warren
noun
war·ren
ˈwȯr-ən 
ˈwär-
: a place where rabbits breed
Geographical Definition
Warren
geographical name
War·ren
ˈwȯr-ən
ˈwär-
1
city in southeastern Michigan north of Detroit population 134,056
2
city in northeastern Ohio northwest of Youngstown population 41,557
Biographical Definition
Warren 1 of 5
biographical name (1)
War·ren
ˈwȯr-ən
ˈwär-
Earl 1891–1974 American jurist; chief justice U.S. Supreme Court (1953–69)
Warren
2 of 5biographical name (2)
Gou*ver*neur
ˌgə-vər-ˈnir
ˌgə-və-
Kemble 1830–1882 American general
Warren
3 of 5biographical name (3)
Joseph 1741–1775 American physician and general in Revolution
Warren
4 of 5biographical name (4)
J. Robin 1937–2024 Australian pathologist
Warren
5 of 5biographical name (5)
Robert Penn 1905–1989 American author and educator; poet laureate (1986–87)
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