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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aerie, aery, eyry |
| Type of | habitation |
Examples of eyrie
eyrie
She and Brent can retire to their upstairs eyrie and admire the expansive view.
From the nzherald.co.nz
This eyrie-like position with its vertical rock faces made the castle impregnable.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Works in an Atlanta eyrie among Oriental antiques and photos of his handsome wife.
From the time.com
After a day's work, Bohr would come up to Heisenberg's eyrie to chew the quantum fat.
From the newscientist.com
His eyrie up in the gods is an oasis of calm and organisation.
From the independent.co.uk
In most cases only the older chick survives, while the younger one dies without leaving the eyrie.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It had been a horrid and sobering experience for Milan, whose fans were hushed in their Nou Camp eyrie.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
So we sent the furniture into storage and moved into our top-floor eyrie, surrounded by cardboard boxes.
From the independent.co.uk
In their eyrie, watchmen guard the village livestock and crops from marauding tigers and elephants.
From the heraldtribune.com
- Aerie: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
- Aerie: any habitation at a high altitude
- A bird nest is the spot in which a bird lays and incubates its eggs and raises its young. Although the term popularly refers to a specific structure made by the bird itselfu2014such as the grassy cup nest of the American robin or Eurasian blackbird, or the elaborately woven hanging nest of the Montezuma oropendola or the village weaveru2014that is too restrictive a definition...
- An eagle's nest; Any high and remote but commanding place
- A sprawling 100-room summer holiday mansion on Mount Desert Island in Maine, subsequently demolished by family members in the 1950s;
- A bird's nest on a cliff or mountaintop.
- The hawk's nest, or place where the eggs are laid if she has not built a proper nest.
