nested

Definitions

Placed or stored inside one another, like a set of boxes.

Embedded or contained within a larger structure, such as a sub-directory or a block of code within another.

Examples

The programmer created a complex function that contained several nested loops.

The bird carefully built its home inside a nested arrangement of twigs and soft moss.

Synonyms

embedded layered inserted encapsulated tucked enclosed intertwined

Antonyms

separate detached exposed unfolded standalone unpacked disjointed