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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The gracious mountainside hideaway enveloped by greenery was originally built in 1917, a home for the chief surgeon of the hospital. Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 14 Nov. 2025 And the movie, with these two sexy people sparring for about 10 minutes, only to settle their differences over whiskey before a roaring fire in a snowbound cabin that looks like a vacation hideaway, has an unironic romance-novel baby-it’s-cold-outside vibe of old-school desert-island love. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025 Julie and Greg Cook, co-founders of the essential oils company DoTerra, have owned the idyllic 30-acre mountain hideaway since 2014. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025 As for dining and nightlife, the hotel will feature two restaurants and, yes, a dance floor to fill the void felt by Giorgio’s, a decadent disco hideaway named for the Italian father of the genre, Giorgio Moroder. Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hideaway

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hideaway was in 1926

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hideaway

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