noun
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a small shelter or box for birds to nest in
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an enclosure or large cage for captive birds; aviary
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of birdhouse
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But he will also build a birdhouse, on site, for a woman who wants one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Humanity’s history of small fixes, a writer’s birdhouse life and more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Inside Mr. Zulkibli’s 50-foot-high birdhouse, wooden joists crisscross the ceilings, creating places for birds to make their nests.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
Sullivan says it’s not necessary to buy an expensive birdhouse or water feature to encourage wildlife visitors.
From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2022
He lived in a shabby, rundown house on the edge of Fry, with old tires, a rusty wheelbarrow, a condemned birdhouse, an airplane toilet, and other trash in the yard.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
The Forest 4.0 system features an IoT solution with sensors resembling birdhouses, which are installed in trees.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
Unlike human homes, the birdhouses go unpainted, adding to the pervading sense of melancholy.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
Sale items included a row of 12 forklifts, industrial sized air compressors, a small sea of lawn furniture and, in the crafts tent, handmade wooden birdhouses of every size and description.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
Since this is the 21st century, so many of those are tech products — wearables, AI-infused gadgets, smart birdhouses, a firepit you control with an app, you name it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
The Birdbrain Family had set a row of thirty birdhouses along their backyard fence, even though Luke could have told them it was pointless to do that until spring.
From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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