what does aery mean?
AERY as NOUN
- Meaning
- any habitation at a high altitude
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Hypernyms(s) aery is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
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Hypernyms(s) aery is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
AERY as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- characterized by lightness and insubstantiality
- as impalpable or intangible as air
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Usage Example(s)
- figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away- Thomas Carlyle
- aerial fancies
- an airy apparition
- physical rather than ethereal forms
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