English Explanatory Dictionary

nest egg

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A natural or artificial egg placed in a bird's nest, to encourage the bird to lay its own eggs there.
  2. A saving; a reserve of money.
  3. An egg squash.

Pronunciation

En-au-nest egg.ogg

Word forms

nest egg nest eggs

Translations

Bulgarian: спестявания Catalan: coixí Dutch: appeltje voor de dorst Finnish: pesämuna French: bas de laine Galician: peto Galician: petiño German: Notgroschen German: finanzielles Polster Hungarian: dugipénz Irish: cillín Italian: gruzzolo Italian: risparmio Māori: pūtea penapena Polish: zaskórniak Portuguese: economias Portuguese: pé-de-meia Russian: сбережения Spanish: ahorros Spanish: peculio Spanish: colchón Spanish: hucha Welsh: wy addod
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