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bird's nest

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.17 in modern English

Syllables
bird's nest
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

Any of several plants having some resemblance to the typical nest of a bird, eg., the wild carrot (Daucus carota).

noun

Any tangle of fibers resembling a typical nest of a bird.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

bird's nests (plural) birds' nests (plural) bird-nest (alternative) bird nest (alternative) birdnest (alternative) birdsnest (alternative)

Phrases

bird's nest cut bird's nest fungus bird's nest pudding bird's nest soup bird's nest swing edible bird's nest

Synonyms

bird nest birdnest

Questions

What does bird's nest mean?
A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate its eggs and rear its young.
Where does bird's nest come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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