refuge
Meanings
Plural: refuges
Noun
- a safe place
- something or someone turned to for assistance or security
- "took refuge in lying"
- a shelter from danger or hardship
- act of turning to for assistance
- A state of safety, protection or shelter.
- A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
- Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
- An expedient to secure protection or defence.
- A refuge island.
Verb
- To return to a place of shelter.
- To shelter; to protect.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English refuge, from Old French refuge, from Latin refugium, from re- + fugiō (“flee”). Doublet of refugium.
Scrabble Score: 10
refuge is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordrefuge is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
refuge is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
refuge is a valid Words With Friends word