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Burrow

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tunnelnounAn underground or underwater passage.

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tunnelnounAn underground or underwater passage.
lairnounA place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
ratholenounA particularly squalid human residence or other place.
excavateverb(transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
holenounA hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
dennounA comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
digverb(transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
buryverbTo ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
widenverb(transitive) To make wide or wider.
owlnounAny of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes, families Strigidae and Tytonidae, that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing.
trenchnounA long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.
burrholenounAlternative form of burr hole. [(surgery) A hole drilled into the cranium]
crawlwaynounA low duct or tunnel designed to be traversed by crawling.
boringnounThe act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.
beanholenounA hole dug for the purpose of cooking beans underground on hot coals.
bunnynoun(informal, childish) A rabbit, especially a juvenile one.
subterrenenoun(rare) A machine for drilling or tunneling underground.
diggernounA large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.
vuggnounAlternative form of vug. [A small to medium-sized cavity inside rock that may be formed through a variety of processes.]
bean holenounA hole dug in the ground in which beans are cooked.

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