B1nounnaturescience
US/nest/
UK/nest/
a place that a bird or other animal builds or finds to lay eggs and raise its young
In context
A pair of swallows built a nest under the roof of our house.
The researchers counted more than two hundred nests on the small island.
Wasps will attack if you disturb their nest.
Words that go with nest
verb + noun
- build a nestBirds build a nest before they lay eggs.
- leave the nestYoung birds leave the nest after about three weeks.
noun + noun
- bird's nestA bird's nest was hidden in the tree.
- nest siteSea turtles return to the same nest site each year.
noun + preposition
- nest of eggsWe found a nest of eggs in the grass.
adjective + noun
- empty nestThe swallows had gone, and the empty nest hung under the roof.