EYRIE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eyrie mean? 

• EYRIE (noun)
  The noun EYRIE has 2 senses:

1. the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)

2. any habitation at a high altitude

  Familiarity information: EYRIE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EYRIE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

aerie; aery; eyrie; eyry

Hypernyms ("eyrie" is a kind of...):

bird's nest; bird nest; birdnest (nest where birds lay their eggs and hatch their young)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any habitation at a high altitude

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

aerie; aery; eyrie; eyry

Hypernyms ("eyrie" is a kind of...):

habitation (the native habitat or home of an animal or plant)

 Context examples 

Indeed, whatever being uttered that fearful shriek could not soon repeat it: not the widest-winged condor on the Andes could, twice in succession, send out such a yell from the cloud shrouding his eyrie.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)