nestfuls

Full bird homes

Nestfuls is the plural of nestful, meaning the quantity that fills a nest—typically a batch of eggs or baby birds: The tree held three nestfuls of robins that spring.

Like similar quantity words (handful, roomful), it extends to anything contained in nest-like spaces: nestfuls of tangled cables behind the desk.

offspring

chicks

Newly hatched birds

fledglingsYoung birds with feathers
hatchlingsRecently emerged young animals
eagletsYoung birds of prey

cygnets · ducklings · goslings · squabs · owlets · pullets · baby birds · young · brood · clutch

collective

clutches

Grips tightly, or handbags

broodsPonders with gloom
batchesGrouped quantities for processing
littersScatters debris carelessly

bunches · groupings · sets · clusters · multiples · several · numerous · many · successive · seasonal

nurturing

caregiving

Attending to dependents

broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
feedingGiving food to
protectionGuarding against harm

nourishment · incubation · hatching · rearing · tending · warming · guarding · provisioning · regurgitation · foraging

abundance

plenty

Sufficient quantity, and then some

bountyReward for capture
profusionExtravagant amount present
teemingAbundantly full of

overflowing · abundant · brimming · heaping · fullness · loads · handfuls · armfuls · bundles · basketfuls

cozy

snug

Comfortably close-fitting

warmthHeat you feel
comfortEase or soothing relief
cushionedMade softer or gentler

softness · sheltered · secure · downy · feathered · lined · tucked · huddled · cuddled · protected

Opposites

quantity/fullness

nestfulsempty nests

Homes after children leave

nothing · emptiness · barrenness · void · scarcity

Family

nestful

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