Nest
/nɛst/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:4 ptsWWF:5 pts4 letters
Definition of Nest
noun
- A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
- A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
- A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.
- A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
- A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.
"That nightclub is a nest of strange people!"
verb
- (of animals) To build or settle into a nest.
- To settle into a home.
"We loved the new house and were nesting there in two days!"
- To successively neatly fit inside another.
"I bought a set of nesting mixing bowls for my mother."
- To place in, or as if in, a nest.
- To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).
"There would be much more room in the attic if you had nested all the empty boxes."
Anagrams of Nest
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