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nest

noun

1 in May and June, the females build a nest and incubate their eggs:

roost, eyrie;

nest box, nesting box;

North American birdhouse.

2 usually the animals will awake and disperse rapidly from the nest if disturbed:

lair, den, drey, lodge, burrow, set, form.

3 a cosy little love nest:

hideaway, hiding place, hideout, retreat, shelter, refuge, snuggery, nook, den, haunt;

informal hidey-hole.

4 the place was a perpetual nest of intrigue:

hotbed, den, breeding ground, cradle, seedbed, forcing house.

5 a nest of tables:

cluster, set, group, assemblage.

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