safe house

noun

: a place where one may engage in secret activities or take refuge

Examples of safe house in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In one scene, in a safe house, a gray, very direct light comes through the window, slightly green, with a little flare in the background. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2026

The pair’s winding route from River’s late grandfather’s country house to Diana’s beach retreat, which Slough House head Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) cheekily appropriates as a safe house, is a winding one. — Alison Herman, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026

She was then held captive by the group, initially largely confined to a closet at an SLA safe house in Daly City. — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2026

More probably it will have been assembled by a few people, perhaps in the guise of immigrants, in that safe house with a view of lower Manhattan. — Robert Stone, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for safe house

• boardinghouse
• charterhouse
• clearinghouse
• coffeehouse
• customhouse
• firehouse
• meetinghouse
• motherhouse
• packinghouse
• pilothouse
• powerhouse
• slaughterhouse