eyrie

noun

SayEER-eeUS/ˈɪ.ɹi/UK/ˈɪə.ɹi/

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2 meanings of eyrie

1
nounUKcountable
The nest of a bird that hunts other animals, like an eagle.
A pair of eagles built their eyrie on the cliff above the loch.
The rangers watched the eyrie through a telescope all spring.
Similarnest
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2
nounUKcountable
A high place, far away from others, where you can look down over everything.
The old castle sat in its eyrie high above the village.
Her flat at the top of the tower block was an eyrie over the whole city.
Similarperch, lookout
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Origin

From an old French or Latin word, which came into Middle English as "eire".