"drey" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɹeɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drey.wav Forms: dreys [plural]
enPR: drā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: Unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} drey (plural dreys)
  1. (British) A squirrel’s nest, built of twigs in a tree. Tags: British Translations (squirrel's nest): oravan pesä (Finnish), Kobel [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-drey-en-noun-pmNYHoDa Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of "squirrel's nest": 75 25
  2. (Australia) A possum’s nest, built of twigs and leaves in a tree. Tags: Australia Categories (topical): Animal dwellings
    Sense id: en-drey-en-noun-rlywDgzS Disambiguation of Animal dwellings: 22 78 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 14 64 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 73 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dray Derived forms: drey poking

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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