birdhouse

[ burd-hous ]

/ ˈbɜrdˌhaʊs /

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noun, plural bird·hous·es [burd-hou-ziz]. /ˈbɜrdˌhaʊ zɪz/.

a box, usually fashioned to resemble a house, for birds to live in.

an aviary.

Origin of birdhouse

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; bird + house

Words nearby birdhouse

bird feed, bird feeder, bird flu, bird-footed dinosaur, bird grass, birdhouse, birdie, birding, bird in the hand, birdlike, birdlime

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Example sentences from the Web for birdhouse

Old Ringtail, as sure as I am standing here, and by the looks of things, trying his best to roost in my birdhouse!
Followers of the Trail|Zoe Meyer
And he said, ‘Barama, that is a pretty business—that birdhouse was my soul.’
Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental|Charles John Tibbitts
A bluebird family has rented the birdhouse that my father built in our back yard.
Beginner's Book in Language|H. Jeschke
It isn't even a city, in our sense of the term, no more than a birdhouse is a nest.
Dead Giveaway|Gordon Randall Garrett

British Dictionary definitions for birdhouse

birdhouse

/ (ˈbɜːdˌhaʊs) /

noun US

a small shelter or box for birds to nest in

an enclosure or large cage for captive birds; aviary

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单词	birdhouse
释义	birdhouse [ burd-hous ] / ˈbɜrdˌhaʊs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR birdhouse ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural bird·hous·es [burd-hou-ziz]. /ˈbɜrdˌhaʊ zɪz/. a box, usually fashioned to resemble a house, for birds to live in. an aviary. Origin of birdhouse An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; bird + house Words nearby birdhouse bird feed, bird feeder, bird flu, bird-footed dinosaur, bird grass, birdhouse, birdie, birding, bird in the hand, birdlike, birdlime Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for birdhouse Old Ringtail, as sure as I am standing here, and by the looks of things, trying his best to roost in my birdhouse! Followers of the Trail\|Zoe Meyer And he said, ‘Barama, that is a pretty business—that birdhouse was my soul.’ Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental\|Charles John Tibbitts A bluebird family has rented the birdhouse that my father built in our back yard. Beginner's Book in Language\|H. Jeschke It isn't even a city, in our sense of the term, no more than a birdhouse is a nest. Dead Giveaway\|Gordon Randall Garrett British Dictionary definitions for birdhouse birdhouse / (ˈbɜːdˌhaʊs) / noun US a small shelter or box for birds to nest in an enclosure or large cage for captive birds; aviary Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to birdhouse henhouse, volary, columbary
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birdhouse

noun, plural bird·hous·es [burd-hou-ziz]. /ˈbɜrdˌhaʊ zɪz/.

Origin of birdhouse

Words nearby birdhouse

Example sentences from the Web for birdhouse

British Dictionary definitions for birdhouse

noun US

Words related to birdhouse