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  • Hotbed — Hot bed , n. 1. (Gardening) A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotics. [1913 Webster] 2. A place which favors rapid growth or development;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hotbed — 1620s, from HOT (Cf. hot) + BED (Cf. bed); originally bed of earth heated by fermenting manure for forcing growing plants; generalized sense of place that fosters rapid growth is from 1768 …   Etymology dictionary

  • hotbed — [hät′bed΄] n. 1. a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by manure, electricity, etc. for forcing plants 2. any place that fosters rapid growth or extensive activity …   English World dictionary

  • hotbed — ► NOUN 1) a bed of earth heated by fermenting manure, for raising or forcing plants. 2) an environment promoting the growth of an activity or trend …   English terms dictionary

  • hotbed — UK [ˈhɒtˌbed] / US [ˈhɑtˌbed] noun [countable] Word forms hotbed : singular hotbed plural hotbeds a place where there are a lot of people involved in a particular activity a hotbed of invention/genius/crime …   English dictionary

  • hotbed — /hot bed /, n., v., hotbedded, hotbedding. n. 1. a bottomless, boxlike, usually glass covered structure and the bed of earth it covers, heated typically by fermenting manure or electrical cables, for growing plants out of season. 2. a place or… …   Universalium

  • hotbed — hot|bed [ hat,bed ] noun count a place where there are a lot of people involved in a particular activity: a hotbed of invention/genius/crime …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • hotbed — hot|bed [ˈhɔtbed US ˈha:t ] n be a hotbed of sth a place where a lot of a particular type of activity, especially bad or violent activity, happens ▪ the university was a hotbed of radical protest …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • hotbed — /ˈhɒtbɛd / (say hotbed) noun 1. a bed of earth, heated by fermenting manure, etc., and usually covered with glass, for growing plants out of season. 2. a place favouring rapid growth, especially of something bad: *Offices are a hotbed of sexual… …  

  • bed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. couch, cot, resting place; base, foundation; garden. See support, agriculture, layer. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A place of rest] Syn. couch, pallet, mattress, cot, bedstead, berth, chaise, bunk, roost,… …   English dictionary for students

  • hotbed — noun Date: 1626 1. a bed of soil enclosed in glass, heated especially by fermenting manure, and used for forcing or for raising seedlings 2. an environment that favors rapid growth or development < a hotbed of activity > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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