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nested

/nˈɛstəd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables
nest-ed
IPA
/nˈɛstəd/
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of nest

adj

Embedded.

adj

Successively fitted one inside another.

adj

(Of a lexical item) contained within a dictionary entry as a subordinate term of the main headword.

Example Sentences

Derived Forms

heminested misnested nestedness nonnested seminested unnested

Phrases

nested class

Rhymes With

invested contested rested congested ingested breasted chested

Questions

How do you pronounce nested?
The recorded pronunciation is /nˈɛstəd/.
What does nested mean?
simple past and past participle of nest

How to pronounce nested

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