Burrows
Nests
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
-
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.
Source: Invasion of the Baby Snatchers - Also, bee-eaters don't build nests; they breed in burrows excavated in riverbanks and sandy areas.
Source: Artistic License - Ornithology
Cite this Source
Nests and Burrows. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/burrows/nests
Burrows & Nests. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/burrows/nests>.
Nests or Burrows. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/burrows/nests.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "burrows" and "nests" have occurred on timeline