MARE'S NEST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does mare's nest mean? 

• MARE'S NEST (noun)
  The noun MARE'S NEST has 1 sense:

1. a confused multitude of things

  Familiarity information: MARE'S NEST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARE'S NEST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A confused multitude of things

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

clutter; fuddle; jumble; mare's nest; muddle; smother; welter

Hypernyms ("mare's nest" is a kind of...):

disorder; disorderliness (a condition in which things are not in their expected places)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mare's nest"):

rummage (a jumble of things to be given away)