Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. That which serves for shelter or protection in winter; winter quarters.
- n. In horticulture, a covering or protection for young buds during winter.
- n. Same as hibernaculum, 2.
Wiktionary
- n. That which serves as a winter retreat.
- n. Winter quarters.
- n. The place where an animal hibernates.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. That which serves for protection or shelter in winter; winter quarters.
Examples
“Late in November, in clearing one out, I brought forth a frog from his hibernacle in the leaves at the bottom.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hibernacle’.
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Logolepsy
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The Request Line
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via Weird and Wonderful Words
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summer words 2009
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(the Mind) Baubles
Shiny, tinkly-trinkety miniments.. (a place to hang my windchime-words).
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Words.
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Made of Awesome
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she n., A winter retreat, or home of a hibernating animal (from a Latin word meaning 'wintry'). Jul 9, 2008