bird's nest Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun nest where birds lay their eggs and hatch their young
    bird nest; birdnest.

WordNet

Bird's" nest`, Bird's-nest noun (Also<
  • Bird's nest
  • Bird's-nest
)
Definitions
  1. The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.
  2. (Cookery) The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups. ✍ The nests are found in caverns and fissures of cliffs on rocky coasts, and are composed in part of algæ. They are of the size of a goose egg, and in substance resemble isinglass. See Illust. under Edible.
  3. (Bot.) An orchideous plant with matted roots, of the genus Neottia (N. nidus-avis.)

Webster 1913