Word Meaning

Meaning of nest

- The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.
- Hence: the place in which the eggs of other animals, as insects, turtles, etc., are laid and hatched; a snug place in which young animals are reared.
- A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy a nest, frequent a haunt, or are associated in the same pursuit; as, a nest of traitors; a nest of bugs.
- An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
- A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
- A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
- To build and occupy a nest.
- To put into a nest; to form a nest for.

Crossword clue for nest

- Bird house
- Bird structure
- Bird's home
- Bird’s home
- Bird’s roost
- Bird’s structure
- Building project for cranes
- Cosy place
- Cosy retreat
- Eagle’s home
- Nidus
- Points way to get home
- Retreat from snake caught in net
- Roost
- Sent off to get egg container
- Set of tables
- Snug retreat
- Terns disheartened, migrated home