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Definition: Eyrie |
EyrieNoun1. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle). 2. Any habitation at a high altitude. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "eyrie" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
Synonyms: EyrieSynonyms: aerie (n), aery (n), eyry (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abode | Nest, nidus, snuggery; arbor, bower; lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum, aerie, eyrie, eyry, rookery, hive; covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost; nidification; kala jagah. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Eyrie |
| English words defined with "eyrie": Eirie. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "eyrie": Eagles. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Song Titles | Hope Eyrie (performing artist: Julia Ecklar) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Climbing into Eagle Eyrie in Swan FallsBirds of Prey National Conservation AreaBOPOwyhee Field OfficeLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: Unknown. |
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| "Eyrie" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.63% of the time. "Eyrie" is used about 32 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 90.63% | 29 | 64,444 |
| Noun (proper) | 9.38% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 32 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
eyrie talons | 67 | charles eyrie | 3 |
glen eyrie | 30 | eyrie.com gryphons | 3 |
castle eyrie glen | 11 | bondage eyrie talons | 3 |
eyrie | 10 | eyrie glenn | 3 |
eagle eyrie | 9 | camp eyrie green | 3 |
eyrie talon | 9 | colorado eyrie glen | 2 |
atlantic eyrie lodge | 8 | colorado eyrie glen springs | 2 |
eyrie vineyard | 5 | atlantic eyrie | 2 |
barharbor.com eyrie | 4 | adoptables eyrie | 2 |
center conference eyrie glen | 4 | eyrie production unlimited | 2 |
eyrie production | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "eyrie"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | орлово гнездо (aerie, aery). (various references) | |
German | horst (Horst). (various references) | |
Greek | αετοφωλιά (aerie, eagles nest). (various references) | |
Hungarian | sasfészek (aerie, eyry). (various references) | |
Korean | 둥지 (Aerie, Aery, Eyries, NEST). (various references) | |
Manx | edd (hat, nest). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eyrieay.(various references) | |
Spanish | aguilera (aerie, aery). (various references) | |
Swedish | rovfågels näste (aerie). (various references) | |
Turkish | kuş yuvası (bird's nest), kartal yuvası (aerie, eyry). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "eyrie": eyries. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "eyrie" (pronounced e"rē) |
| 3 | e" r ē | airy, Barre, Berry, Bury, Canary, cherry, Clary, dairy, Derry, Jerry, Kerry, fairy, ferry, Glengarry, hairy, Harry, marry, merry, nary, Parry, Perry, prairie, remarry, scary, sherry, skerry, Tarry, Terry, unwary, vary, very, wary, wherry. |
| 2 | -r ē | accusatory, actuary, adversary, aleatory, allegory, ambulatory, ancestry, ancillary, angry, anticipatory, apothecary, arbitrary, articulatory, artistry, asymmetry, auditory, aviary, banditry, baptistery, basketry, beery, belfry, beneficiary, bicentenary, bigotry, biochemistry, Blackberry, bleary, blueberry, budgetary, cabinetry, cacciatore, cadre, calamari, capillary, cardiopulmonary, carpentry, carry, Cassowary, category, cautionary, cavalry, celebratory, cemetery, centenary, Charry, chary, cheery, chemistry, chivalry, circuitry, circulatory, citizenry, cometary, comfrey, commentary, commissary, compensatory, complementary, concessionary, conciliatory, confectionary, confectionery, confirmatory, confiscatory, congratulatory, conservatory, Constabulary, contemporary, contractionary, contrary, contributory, corollary, coronary, Corrie, Cory, counterrevolutionary, country, cranberry, culinary, Curie, curry, customary, deary, declaratory, defamatory, deflationary, denarii, dentistry, depilatory, depositary, depository, derogatory, desultory, Dewberry, dictionary, dietary, dignitary, dilatory, disciplinary, discretionary, discriminatory, disinflationary, itinerary, jewelry, judiciary, jury, laboratory, Lamprey, lapidary, laudatory, laundry, lavatory, Leary, leery, dissymmetry, diversionary, Dogberry, dormitory, Dory, dowry, dreary, dromedary, dysentery, eerie, elementary, emissary, entry, epistolary, estuary, evidentiary, evolutionary, exclusionary, excretory, exculpatory, expansionary, expeditionary, expiratory, expiry, explanatory, exploratory, extraordinary, falconry, fiduciary, Fleury, forestry, formulary, foundry, fragmentary, freemasonry, functionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-r-y" | |
-1 letter: eery, eyer, eyre. | |
-2 letters: ere, eye, ire, ree, rei, rye. | |
-3 letters: er, re, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-r-y" | |
+1 letter: eerily, eyries, ribeye. | |
+2 letters: leerily, reedify, reedily, ribeyes, yielder, yperite. | |
+3 letters: beryline, birdseye, breezily, celerity, cheerily, creepily, delivery, enginery, entirely, entirety, esterify, eternity, etherify, eyeliner, fiercely, greedily, heredity, legerity, lientery, peripety, redyeing, refinery, rekeying, reverify, serenity, severity, temerity, thievery, tigereye, yearlies, yeastier, yielders, yperites. | |
+4 letters: berrylike, birdseyes, celebrity, cycleries, decertify, dexterity, disobeyer, diversely, electrify, eruditely, erythrite, euryokies, extremity, eyebright, eyeliners, eyestrain, fertilely, geyserite, glyceride, glycerine, hyperemia, hyperemic, hyperfine, inebriety, inversely, jeeringly, leeringly, leisurely, liverymen, lysimeter, minelayer, mysteries, pericycle, periphery, peristyle, precisely, puerilely, recertify, redefying, redenying, reliquefy, remedying, renitency, residency, restively, reticency, retiredly, seigneury, seriately, serriedly, servilely, sincerely, sterilely, syneresis, synergies, tigereyes, triweekly, typewrite, veeringly. | |
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