nest box
Britishnoun
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a box in a henhouse in which domestic chickens lay eggs
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a box designed as a nesting place for wild birds and positioned in a garden, park, or reserve to encourage them to breed there
Example Sentences
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A Level 1 decision is a no-brainer—for example, putting up a nest box on a garden tree.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026
The gesture was performed more often by the female birds, after which the male usually entered the nest box, regardless of which had arrived first.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2024
Chicks spend their first three weeks with their penguin parents in a nest box.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
The nest box that he filled with twigs is still a bachelor pad.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2022
He strapped the nest box to his back and, gripping the lowest limb of the hemlock, swung hand over hand to the tree trunk.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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