mouse's nest

Thân thiện

A mother mouse tends to her newborn pups in a cozy mouse's nest.

Definition

Noun: - A nest built and inhabited by mice: A structure, typically made of soft materials like shredded paper, cloth, or plant matter, created by mice for shelter, breeding, and raising their young.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • While cleaning the attic, we discovered a mouse's nest behind the old boxes.
  • The biologist carefully examined the mouse's nest to study its construction and contents.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in contexts related to pest control, biology, and home maintenance to indicate the presence of a mouse infestation or a site of rodent activity.
• It can be used metaphorically to describe a messy, tangled, or hidden collection of things, though this is an extended, figurative use.
  • The wires behind the computer desk were a tangled mouse's nest.

Variants and Related Words

• Mouse nest: A common alternative phrasing with the same meaning.
• Rodent nest: A more general term that could include nests of rats, squirrels, or other rodents.

Synonyms

• Rodent burrow: (Though a burrow is typically underground, while a nest is often in a sheltered above-ground location.)
• Den: A wild animal's lair or shelter, which can be used for mice in a broader sense.

Related Phrases

• To find a mouse's nest: An idiom meaning to uncover a hidden problem or a messy situation.
  • When we started the audit, we really found a mouse's nest of financial discrepancies.

Học thuật

Noun

1. where mice bear and raise their young

Từ đồng nghĩa

• mouse nest