bird-nest

1. 1.

   gather birdnests

   “They went birdnesting in the early morning”

   Synonymsbirdnest

   Broadergather

Questions about bird-nest

What does bird-nest mean?

bird-nest means "gather birdnests".

How many syllables are in bird-nest?

bird-nest has 2 syllables: bird--nest. The stress falls on "nest".

What is another word for bird-nest?

Close synonyms include birdnest. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bird-nest a common word?

bird-nest is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.