hideaway

noun

hide·​away ˈhīd-ə-ˌwā How to pronounce hideaway (audio)

Examples of hideaway in a Sentence

The resort is a perfect romantic hideaway for young couples. the novelist has a little hideaway in the country where he goes whenever he wants to do some serious writing
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This Montego Bay hideaway has hosted everyone from John and Jackie Kennedy (who stayed in Villa 10) to Oscar Hammerstein (who wrote The Sound of Music while staying in Villa 12). Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 27 Feb. 2025 The storage options don’t stop here, though; hideaway padded shoulder straps can store additional items like chargers and travel-sized beauty products. Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2025 Librarian-Chic In San Esteban de Pravia, Gran Hotel Boutique Brillante has been reimagined as a stylish coastal hideaway. Jenn Rice, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2025 The former Probation Department lot offers a hideaway bounded by Crenshaw and Obama boulevards and the Expo Line and is sealed off from a row of apartment buildings to its west by a tall wall and shrubbery. Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hideaway

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hideaway was in 1926

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“Hideaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hideaway. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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hideaway

noun
hide·​away ˈhīd-ə-ˌwā How to pronounce hideaway (audio)
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