Nest
//nɛst//
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Verb
Proper Noun
The word "nest" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.
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Hawks Nest Pheasants Nest UFO nest Wasps Nest Zapotec nest ant nest beetle bird in a nest bird's nest bird's nest cut bird's nest fungus bird's nest pudding bird's nest soup bird's nest swing bird's-nest fern bird's-nest orchid bird-nest birdsnest boar's nest brood nest clapnest crow's nest crow's-nest crowsnest cuckoo's nest denest disnest don't shit in your own nest edible bird's nest egg in a nest empty nest empty nest syndrome empty-nest syndrome feather one's nest feather one's own nest fly the nest foul one's own nest full nest syndrome gravel nest hangnest hive nest hoorah's nest hornet's nest hornets' nest hurrah's nest it's an ill bird that fouls its own nest language nest leave the nest love nest mare's nest mare's-nest misnest mudnester nest box nest egg nest of vipers nest scrape nest together nestable nestage nestbuilding nestcam nestful nesthole nestle nestless nestlet nestlike nestmaking nestmate nestohedron neststraw nestward nesty rat's nest renest stick-nest rat stir up a hornets' nest tangled nest spider trap nest unnest yellow bird's-nest
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