Aery

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Airy; breezy; exposed to the air; elevated; lofty; ethereal; visionary.
  • To build or have an aery.
  • noun. The nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk; hence, a lofty nest of any large bird.
  • noun. The brood in the nest; the young of a bird of prey; figuratively, children.
  • noun. An elevated habitation or situation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An aerie.
  • adjective. Aërial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Alternative form of eyrie or aerie.
  • adjective. Aërial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
  • noun. any habitation at a high altitude
  • noun. the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
  • Word Usage
    "The whole EP was built around a basic idea, a kind of "aery" sound element that served as the spine for four completely different clones."
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