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• bird's nest
  bird's nest

  noun

  nest.
• bird's-nest
  bird's-nest

  verb

  (intr) to search for the nests of birds in order to collect the eggs

bird's nest

American  

noun

1. nest.

2. Angling. backlash.

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bird's-nest British  

verb

1. (intr) to search for the nests of birds in order to collect the eggs

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Etymology

Origin of bird's nest

First recorded in 1590–1600

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Some ingredients commonly found in Chinese fine dining include qi-boosting gelatinous fish maw, collagen-rich bird’s nest and nutrient-dense sea cucumber.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2025

It’s mostly not acceptable to go about daily life dressed as a matchbox or wearing a bird’s nest, rubbish, or lobster claws on one’s head, even if it is designed by Dior.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025

Lee said he tried only the bird’s nest soup.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2025

Her blonde locks are teased so high above her head that depending on who you ask, it looks like a bird's nest or a stratocumulus cloud.

From Salon ● May 7, 2024

He splices a broken line, or pokes a bird’s nest off a boom, or elevates an antenna on struts.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

He is sporting a veteran-boho look: what seems like about six black cardigans on top of each other, lots of chunky finger jewellery and messy bird’s-nest hair.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2019

Sleigh revels in the moment in Jordan when a skilled Syrian refugee finds a new life as the baker of a honeyed bird’s-nest pastry called kenafeh.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2018

She has bird's-nest hair, a candid air and a direct black gaze.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2014

Above, wire filament had been twisted into silvery bird’s-nest lamps by Enzo Catellani, who recently won a design award from Wallpaper magazine for another project.

From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2012

So, I presented Joe to Herbert, who held out his hand; but Joe backed from it, and held on by the bird’s-nest.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens