Definitions
Home or shelter built by a bird or other animal for eggs or young.
Word origin
From Middle English nest, nist, nyst, from Old English nest, from Proto-West Germanic *nest, from Proto-Germanic *nestą, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”), literally "where [the bird] sits down", a compound of *ni (“down”) (whence also English nether) + the zero-grade of the root *sed- (“to sit”) (whence also English sit).
Used in a sentence
“a nest of thieves”
“That nightclub is a nest of strange people!”
“Capt. Kirby and I concluding it might be of great Service to the Eaſt-India Company to deſtroy such a Neſt of Rogues, were ready to ſail for that Purpoſe […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer9 curated clues
01“Egg-holding home”4 letters
02“Home above a branch”4 letters
03“Home built for eggs”4 letters
04“Home built from twigs”4 letters
05“Place for bird eggs”4 letters
06“Twig home”4 letters
07“Twig home for hatchlings”4 letters
08“Twiggy bird home”4 letters
09“Bird's home”4 letters
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