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nesting

  • noun
  • nest·ing
  • /ˈnɛstɪŋ/

The process by which a bird nests.

Other meanings

  1. An arrangement by which one thing is nested inside another.

    “the nesting of Russian dolls”

  2. The enclosure of one self-contained element of code inside another.

Related words

  • nonnesting

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “nesting” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.