opium den

1. 1.

   a building where opium is sold and used

   Broaderbuilding

Questions about opium den

What does opium den mean?

opium den means "a building where opium is sold and used".

Is opium den a common word?

opium den is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.