hiding places
Where fugitives crouch
Hiding places are locations where people or things can be concealed from view or discovery.
Children seek out hiding places during games of hide-and-seek, while adults might use them to store valuables, contraband, or sentimental items they want to keep private.
The term can extend to figurative refuges—places of emotional or psychological retreat.
The old treehouse was my favorite hiding place as a kid.
Investigators found the documents in a hiding place behind the bookshelf.
- alcoveRecessed area in room
- cacheConcealed storage spot
- safe housesProtected locations for concealment
- safe roomFortified household refuge
- lairAnimal's hidden dwelling
cubbyhole · root cellar · burrow · dens · hidey-hole · under the bed · behind the curtain · crevice · panic room · false bottom · refuge · bolt-hole · compartment · cave · dense foliage · crawl space · cloakroom · thicket
- Slavery EscapeUnderground Railroad, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, runaways, fugitives
- Underground Railroadsafe houses, stations, secret rooms, tunnels, depots
- Dutch JewsOtto Frank, Anne Frank House, Anne Frank, Spinoza, Amsterdam
- Low Countries WWIIArnhem, Bastogne, Antwerp, Brussels, Battle of the Bulge
hiding placesopen spaces
Unoccupied expanses or gaps
plain sight · open ground · clearings · public places · center stage
hiding placescenter stage
Position of maximum attention
public eye · display cases · showcases · exhibition spaces · shop windows
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