coverts

noun

plural of covert
1
as in hideouts
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others set up a covert from which to watch wildlife without being detected

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2
as in bushes
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush the rabbit rushed to the safety of the nearest covert

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coverts
  1. hideouts
  2. nests
  3. lairs
Noun
  • Security forces carried out a ground operation along the border late Sunday, followed by strikes against militant hideouts and safe havens, killing 29 fighters, Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said.
    — Abdul Qahar Afghan, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • Pakistani security forces carried out a ground operation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border late Sunday, followed by strikes against militant hideouts and safe havens, killing 29 fighters, Pakistan's Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 June 2026
Definition of hideouts
Noun
  • Inspect your eaves regularly in spring to spot early signs of nesting, like hornet activity or small nests.
    — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 12 July 2026
  • Blooms provide an early source of nectar for hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinators, while songbirds shelter and build nests among the twining branches.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 July 2026
Definition of nests
Noun
  • These involve raiding the lairs of hoodlum rivals, then singlehandedly dissuading them from competition.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Definition of lairs
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