Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To hunt or search for the nests of birds.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun nest where birds lay their eggs and hatch their young
  • verb gather birdnests

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Examples

  • Huayi, founded in 1986, has 200,000 square meters (2,152,000 square feet) of manufacturing capacity and was widely praised for its lighting of Beijing's famous National Stadium (popularly known as the 'birdnest' stadium) during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

    unknown title 2011

  • An awkward, lean and gangling one, with clear-cut features, and dark birdnest hair, plus a smudgy pencil moustache?

    Flowers in the Attic V.C. Andrews 1979

  • An awkward, lean and gangling one, with clear-cut features, and dark birdnest hair, plus a smudgy pencil moustache?

    Flowers in the Attic V.C. Andrews 1979

  • Ye know, well en 'good, that the folks livin' will take charge of them obsequies; hit'll be about ten years from now, I figger; en yore plans will fit in about like a last-year's birdnest.

    David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story George S. Harney

  • The woman had a baby at her breast, and the bottom of the buggy looked like a human birdnest, it was so full of young, tow-headed children.

    A Circuit Rider's Wife Corra Harris 1902

  • Its a ruse to position birdnest down the road for a run at POTUS, nothing more.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Elyse Siegel 2012

  • "The ministry is looking at four years of service (two years of housemanship and two years of compulsory service) compared to five years (three years of housemanship and two years of compulsory service) now," he told reporters after launching B-Nes Sdn Bhd, a company specialising in birdnest products, near here, today.

    Planet Malaysia Palmdoc 2010

  • "The ministry is looking at four years of service (two years of housemanship and two years of compulsory service) compared to five years (three years of housemanship and two years of compulsory service) now," he told reporters after launching B-Nes Sdn Bhd, a company specialising in birdnest products, near here, today.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Does drinking birdnest soup help makes quality sperm?

    www.hardwarezone.com.sg 2010

  • "The ministry is looking at four years of service (two years of housemanship and two years of compulsory service) compared to five years (three years of housemanship and two years of compulsory service) now," he told reporters after launching B-Nes Sdn Bhd, a company specialising in birdnest products, near here, today.

    Planet Malaysia Palmdoc 2010

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