Meaning & use
Ensconced
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Settled or positioned securely and comfortably in a particular place.
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By evening, they were ensconced in front of the fireplace with cocoa.
The cat was ensconced on the warmest cushion in the house.
A note on using this word
Originally meant to shelter behind a fortification ('sconce'); the sense broadened over time to mean simply 'comfortably settled.'
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