| Pronunciation: | | 'hât`bed
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- [n] a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants
- [n] a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad); "it was a hotbed of vice"
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| | See Also: | | bed, situation, state of affairs |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
2. A place which favors rapid growth or development; as, a
hotbed of sedition.
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| | Related Terms: | | birthplace, breeding place, brooder, cloche, cold frame, conservatory, coolhouse, cradle, forcing, forcing bed, forcing house, forcing pit, glasshouse, greenhouse, hatchery, hothouse, Hydra, incubator, lathhouse, milk cow, mustard, nest, nidus, nursery, orangery, pinery, rabbit, rich soil, rookery, seed plot, seedbed, summerhouse, warren |
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