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A natural or artificial egg placed in a bird's nest, to encourage the bird to lay its own eggs there.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
A saving; a reserve of money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- Over time, they accumulated a tidy nest egg and retired comfortably.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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An egg squash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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device consisting of an artificial egg left in a nest to induce hens to lay their eggs in it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: device
a fund of money put by as a reserve
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: savings
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fund, monetary fund
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
բունկալ
(bunkal)
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Bulgarian:
полог
(polog)
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Finnish:
pesämuna
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Finnish:
munitusmuna
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Galician:
endego
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Galician:
aniñadoiro
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Galician:
éndez
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Galician:
niñeiro
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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German:
Nestei
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Greek:
φώλι
(fóli)
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Greek:
φώλος
(fólos)
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Greek:
αποφώλι
(apofóli)
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Pontic Greek:
φώλ’
(fól’)
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Pontic Greek:
πιφώλι
(pifóli)
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Italian:
uovo per nido
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Italian:
nidiandolo
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Italian:
endice
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Laz:
პიჶოლი
(p̌ifoli)
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Polish:
zbuk
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Portuguese:
endez
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Portuguese:
indez
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Portuguese:
andês
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Russian:
по́дкладень
(pódkladenʹ)
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Russian:
обма́нное яйцо́
(obmánnoje jajcó)
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Swedish:
boägg
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Turkish:
fol
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Ottoman Turkish:
فول
(fol)
— egg placed in a bird's nest
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Bulgarian:
спестявания
(spestjavanija)
— savings
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Catalan:
coixí
— savings
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Dutch:
appeltje voor de dorst
— savings
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Finnish:
pesämuna
— savings
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French:
bas de laine
— savings
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Galician:
peto
— savings
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Galician:
petiño
— savings
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German:
Notgroschen
— savings
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German:
finanzielles Polster
— savings
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Hungarian:
dugipénz
— savings
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Irish:
cillín
— savings
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Italian:
gruzzolo
— savings
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Italian:
risparmio
— savings
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Māori:
pūtea penapena
— savings
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Polish:
zaskórniak
— savings
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Portuguese:
economias
— savings
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Portuguese:
pé-de-meia
— savings
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Russian:
сбережения
(sbereženija)
— savings
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Spanish:
ahorros
— savings
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Spanish:
peculio
— savings
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Spanish:
colchón
— savings
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Spanish:
hucha
— savings
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Welsh:
wy addod
— savings