nestlike

• a word derived from nest.
  nest

  noun

  a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.

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nestlike

Sondra Arkin’s wire construction is part Buckyball, part egg; Julie Mae Bancroft’s and Ellyn Weiss’s pieces are more nestlike.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2017

Even more nestlike is Stephanie Firestone’s contribution, which fixes terra cotta eggs in wire frames, and another McCue piece, a tangle of coiled silver wire.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2016

Although Wrigley says the trailer feels much bigger than it actually is, she still wanted to embrace its nestlike coziness.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2015

And the single room on the third floor — a nestlike wooden box — is suspended from cables, so that it rocks precariously in high winds.

From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2011

Adam led him to it, and Cyrus looked down at the nestlike hole between the roots.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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