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bird's-nest

bird's nest
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /ˈbɝːdz ˈnest/
    • /ˈbɜːdz nest/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /ˈbɝːdz ˈnest/

Definitions of bird's-nest word

  • noun bird's-nest nest (def 1). 1
  • noun bird's-nest Angling. backlash (def 4). 1

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Origin of bird's-nest

First appearance:

before 1590
One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600

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Parts of speech for Bird's-nest

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

bird's-nest popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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