hideaway

hideaway
/huyd"euh way'/, n.
1. a place to which a person can retreat for safety, privacy, relaxation, or seclusion; refuge: His hideaway is in the mountains.
2. See hideaway bed.
adj.
3. hidden; concealed; a hideaway compartment for luggage.
[1870-75; n., adj. use of v. phrase (transit.) hide (something) away or (intransit.) hide away]

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