Looking for the meaning of the word LAIR in English for both noun and verb forms from the Oxford Dictionary? Below, you can explore all possible meanings and definitions of LAIR with sentence examples. You can also use the “AUDIO PRONUNCIATION” track to check the correct pronunciation in British English.
Word: Lair
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Old English leger ‘resting place, bed’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leger ‘bed, camp’ and German Lager ‘storehouse’, also to lie. Compare with laager, lager
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
lɛː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a place where a wild animal, especially a fierce or dangerous one, lives
Short Definition:place where wild animal lives
Examples:- he saw that his dogs had roused a wild boar from its lair
- the hero goes off to find the dragon's lair
Definition:
a burial plot in a graveyard
Short Definition:burial plot in graveyard
Examples:- their ashes now lie buried in a lair in the Glasgow necropolis
Word: Lair
Speech Type: Verb
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