Burrows and Nests

Burrows

Definitions of Burrows not found.

Nests and burrows are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nests" instead a noun "Burrows".

Nests

Definitions of Burrows not found.

Burrows and nests are semantically related. You can use "Burrows" instead a noun "Nests".

Both words in one sentence

  • Tabletop Game / The Witcher: Game of Imagination It's not helping that in the past the region was regularly pillaged by Skellige pirates and now often changes ownership, leaving dozens of ruins - perfect nests and burrows for monsters.
  • A background mention in The Lord of the Rings, when Gandalf describes how Gollum's presence is felt as he makes his way across Middle-Earth — as a shadow in the night that climbs into nests to find eggs, burrows into dens to find the young, slips through windows to find cradles.
  • Also, bee-eaters don't build nests; they breed in burrows excavated in riverbanks and sandy areas.
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