bird's nest

noun

A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate its eggs and rear its young.

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bird nestbirdnest
OriginMiddle English birdis nest →
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Meanings

nounbird's nest (plural bird's nests or birds' nests)

plural bird's nests · plural birds' nests · alternative bird-nest · alternative bird nest · alternative birdnest · alternative birdsnest

  1. A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate its eggs and rear its young.
  2. Any of several plants having some resemblance to the typical nest of a bird, eg., the wild carrot (Daucus carota).
  3. Any tangle of fibers resembling a typical nest of a bird.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounnest where birds lay their eggs and hatch their young

Similar
bird nestbirdnest
Broader
nest
Also see
birdnestbroccoli haircutqueen anne's lacewild carrot

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishbirdis nest
  2. Englishbird's nest

From Middle English birdis nest, bryddys neste, equivalent to bird's + nest.

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Translations

Arabic أُكْنَة, وُكْنَة
  • أُكْنَة (ʔukna)A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
  • وُكْنَة (wukna)A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
Chinese Mandarin 鳥巢 /鸟巢
  • 鳥巢 /鸟巢 (niǎocháo)A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
French nid d'oiseau
  • nid d'oiseauA structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
German Vogelnest
  • VogelnestA structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
Māori kōpae, ōhanga
  • kōpaeA structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
  • ōhangaA structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
  • ōwhangaA structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
  • kōhangaA structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
  • kōwhangaA structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
Norwegian Bokmål fuglereir
  • fuglereirA structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
Polish ptasie gniazdo
  • ptasie gniazdoA structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
Swedish fågelbo
  • fågelboA structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
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Chicago

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