Words Like HOTBED
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7 definitions of hotbed
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In horticulture, a bed of earth heated by fermenting substances, and covered with glass to defend it from the cold air, intended for raising early plants, or for protecting tender exotics.
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Figuratively, a seat of rapid growth or development, or of eager activity of some kind: generally in a bad sense: as, a hotbed of sedition.
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In rail-making, the bed on which the redhot rail taken from the rolls is placed to cool.
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a low bed of earth covered with glass, and heated with rotting manure; used for the germination of seeds and the growth of tender plants. A hotbed works as a miniature hothouse, i.e. greenhouse.
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an environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable
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a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants
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a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad)