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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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 Today, there are 25 in the portfolio, stretching from a conical roofed show-stopper in Puglia to a lush, terraced hideaway in Phuket. Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2025 Where to stay: Cape of Senses Book now: Cape of Senses Opened in July 2023, the 55-suite Cape of Senses is a hideaway with incredible views of Lake Garda. Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 15 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 23 Feb. 2025.

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hideaway

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