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Meaning of "crow's-nest" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CROW'S-NEST

crow's-nest play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CROW'S-NEST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Crow's-Nest is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CROW'S-NEST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of crow's-nest in the English dictionary

The definition of crow's-nest in the dictionary is a lookout platform high up on a ship's mast.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CROW'S-NEST

crow
crow blackbird
Crow Jim
crow step
crow-bill
crow´s feet
crow´s nest
crow´s-feet
crow´s-foot
crowbar
crowberries
crowberry
crowboot
crowd
crowd control
crowd on sail
crowd puller
crowd scene
crowd surfing
crowd trouble

WORDS THAT END LIKE CROW'S-NEST

bird´s nest
bird´s-nest
crow´s nest
dishonest
disnest
earnest
feather one´s nest
finest
funest
honest
hornet´s nest
in earnest
love nest
mare´s-nest
nest
renest
soonest
thinnest
trapnest
underhonest

Synonyms and antonyms of crow's-nest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «crow's-nest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CROW'S-NEST

Find out the translation of crow's-nest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of crow's-nest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «crow's-nest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

乌鸦的巢
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cofa
570 millions of speakers

English

crow´s-nest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

crow´s - घोंसला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

crow´s - العش
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ворон - гнездо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

corvo- ninho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চতুর্দিক পর্যবেক্ষণার্থ পোতাদির মাঁতুলের উপরে কক্ষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nid de pie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

sarang gagak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Krähennest
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カラスの巣
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

crow´s 둥지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Manuk gagak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

crow´s - tổ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

crow´s-கூடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कावळा-आंबट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karga yuvası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coffa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

crow´s - gniazdo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ворон - гніздо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

crow´s - cuib
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κόρακας - φωλιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

crow´s - nes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

crow´s - nest
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tønna
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of crow's-nest

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CROW'S-NEST»

The term «crow's-nest» is regularly used and occupies the 100.759 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CROW'S-NEST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about crow's-nest

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CROW'S-NEST»

Discover the use of crow's-nest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to crow's-nest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Perch, Mrs. Sackets, and Crow's Nest
Andy does not look forward to spending a summer in West Carthage, New York, but as he does chores for his grandmother and her eccentric neighbor and connects with his mother's childhood friend, John, he begins to accept that faith will help ...
Karen Pavlicin, 2007
2
Crow's Nest
A young soldier from Kansas joins the Army to fight the Taliban after 9/11.
Charles Tafoya, 2012
3
From the Crow's Nest: A Compendium of Speeches and Writings ...
"This multi-dimensional book covers virtually every aspect of India's security, from public-private partnerships for indigenous manufacturing of its military needs, to dilatory and damaging acquisition processes, to military's diverse roles ...
Arun Prakash, 2007
4
The Crow's Nest
This story is a timely, upbeat, and wholesome adventure. It is a down-to-earth odyssey that takes many twists and turns, is intensely realistic, and very exciting. This book breaks new ground and has appeal for all ages.
Charles Parker, 2007
5
The Crow's Nest...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Clarence Day, Jr, 2011
6
The Prospector: A Tale of the Crow's Nest Pass
Rev. Dr. Charles William Gordon, or Ralph Connor, (1860-1937) was a Canadian novelist, using the Connor pen name while maintaining his status as a Church leader, first in the Presbyterian and later the United churches in Canada.
Ralph Connor, 2008
7
The Crow's-Nest
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Sara Jeannette Duncan, 2012
8
Belhaven Tales: Crow's Nest; Una and King David
Belhaven tales are sketches of the social life of Alexandria, Va., in the early part of the 19th century.
Mrs. Burton Harrison, 1892
9
Moby Dick
He called it the Sleet's crow's-nest, in honour of himself ; he being the original inventor and patentee, and free from all ridiculous false delicacy, and holding that if we call our own children after our own names (we fathers being the original ...
Herman Melville, 1892
10
Gaston's Crow's Nest: An Alaska Tale
An Alaska Tale Marianne Schlegelmilch. Chapter Five Behind The Emerald Cove Often, along with the dense, moistureladen air known as fog, come the calmest seas. As if in a misty heaven, the earth dons an ethereal cloak—secure, ...
Marianne Schlegelmilch, 2009

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CROW'S-NEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term crow's-nest is used in the context of the following news items.
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The weather: a very British obsession
Among them was the energetic Francis Beaufort, whose early life saw him watching the world from a crow's-nest — he would become a navy ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
House hunting: 7 lovely parkside homes
The property features a carriage house with a two-bedroom garden apartment and a water tower with a crow's-nest studio. $1,129,000. «The Week Magazine, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Crow's-Nest [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/crows-nest-1>. Apr 2024 ».
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