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