birds nest
Hatchlings' first home
A bird's nest is a structure birds build to hold eggs and raise young, typically made of twigs, grass, and other materials.
The term extends to anything resembling this—a tangle of hair, a messy arrangement, or a dish of crispy fried noodles in Chinese cuisine.
Bird's nest soup, a delicacy, uses the actual nests of swiftlets.
Also spelled bird's nest or bird's-nest.
- twigsThin woody shoots
- eggsReproductive cells in shells
- branchesLimbs of trees
- hatchlingsRecently emerged young animals
- treeWoody perennial plant
feathers · straw · robin · wren · perch · roost · chirping · fledgling · swallow · eaves · hollow · weave · tree branch · moss · mud · clutch · brood · shelter
- fishing problemstangled line, snags, broken line, backlash, weeds
- floral artbouquet, flower arrangement, flower bouquet, floral display, cut flowers
- chimneysflue, chimney liner, chimney cap, chimney stack, chimney sweep
- aphrodisiacsoysters, ginseng, maca, rhino horn, chocolate