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A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
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A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
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A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.
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A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
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A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.
That nightclub is a nest of strange people!
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A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.
I am aspiring to leave the nest.
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A fixed number of cards in some bidding games awarded to the highest bidder allowing him to exchange any or all with cards in his hand.
I was forced to change trumps when I found the ace, jack, and nine of diamonds in the nest.
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A fortified position for a weapon.
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A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
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A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.
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An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
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A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
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A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.