nesting box's Usage Examples:

Direct observation of Screech Owl nesting box, Tom Knapp 3 Jan 2014[unreliable source?] Arbogast, B.

A nesting box filled with hay is given to the female as she prepares for birth.

and roughly slivered corn, or maize husk can be given in the aviary as nesting box lining: It will be ripped up, " carried into the nest box by the female.

A whelping box, also known as a nesting box or whelping pen, is designed to protect puppies during birth (whelping) and early life by keeping them safely.

a crevice in a wall, a hole in a bank, a sand martin"s burrow or a nesting box.

JPG|Ruined doocot at Newbigging near Aberdour, Scotland, revealing the nesting boxesImage:Dovecote St Andrews.

Bulbourne saw the creation of a dedicated Kingfisher nesting box alongside the river, and a second nesting box has also been built at Gadespring.

They lay five to eight white eggs in a nesting box.

"Woodpecker occupying nesting box".

Phantassie Doocot is an unusual example of the beehive type topped with a mono-pitched roof, and Finavon Doocot of the lectern type is the largest doocot in Scotland, with 2,400 nesting boxes.

underground in their burrow, on the surface in the bedding, or in a nesting box.

The building still houses doves to this day and is noted for its "potence" (a pivoted ladder) which provides access to the nesting boxes.

Synonyms:

mite box, snuffbox, paintbox, tinderbox, tuck box, bandbox, jewel casket, mailbox, cigar box, pencil case, carton, window box, casket, shadow box, ballot box, deedbox, lid, cereal box, container, play-box, alms box, pyxis, base, flat, matchbox, playbox, pencil box, poor box, chest, shoebox, coffin, strongbox, crate, letter box, hod,

Antonyms:

incidental, genuine, legitimate, right, superior,