love nest
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- noun
- We spent the weekend in our cozy love nest, enjoying each other's company.
- a little love nest
- a secret love nest
- a cozy love nest
Examples
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You sit there all smug, and then it's back to your cosy little love nest, while I sit here in this dump going out of my skull with loneliness.
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Our love nest feels cold without you.
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We have to leave our love nest at some point.
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Perfect little love nest for the perfect little couple.
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Take me to your love nest.
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Let's call them and invite them over here to our little love nest.
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I took a cab to our love nest, and from there we walked.
Fiction book (1995) -
Wouldn't you like Paris for a few days, then Venice, then home to your own love nest?
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It was perfect, near the slopes of a posh resort but private enough to be a love nest for his baby and him.
Fiction book (1998) -
Ideal for honeymoon couples—a regular love nest on wheels.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
How Private
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a cozy private place for a couple' is directly and transparently built from 'love' (romantic affection) + 'nest' (a small, cosy secluded place). This compositional metaphor is simple and common across languages and English usage, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Love nest comes from the picture of a bird's nest, a small warm home where birds stay close together. Adding love turns that picture into a private, cozy spot for a couple, so the phrase means 'a cozy place where a couple spends romantic time together'.