wasp's nest

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   habitation for wasps or hornets

   Synonymswasps' nesthornet's nesthornets' nest

   Broadernidus

Questions about wasp's nest

What does wasp's nest mean?

wasp's nest means "habitation for wasps or hornets".

What is another word for wasp's nest?

Close synonyms include wasps' nest, hornet's nest, hornets' nest. 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 wasp's nest a common word?

wasp's 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.