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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When a mating pair arrives at their nest box with food, they will wait outside on perches.
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 opened the lid of a nest box for western pygmy possums at the Monjebup Nature Reserve, which his organization manages in southwestern Australia.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2022
He jumped up to the nest box and bowed to her.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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