Hotbed

What do we mean by hotbed?

An environment conducive to vigorous growth or development, especially of something undesirable. noun

A glass-covered bed of soil heated with fermenting manure or by electricity, used for germinating seeds or protecting tender plants. noun

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. noun

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. noun

In rail-making, the bed on which the redhot rail taken from the rolls is placed to cool. noun

A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotics. noun

A place which favors rapid growth or development. noun

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. noun

An environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable noun

A bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants noun

A situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad) noun

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, like a miniature hothouse.

(by extension) An environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable.

An iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool.

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Words that are spelled similarly to hotbed:
hotbed, hotted, hobbed, hot bed.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word hotbed:
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Words that rhyme with hotbed:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe hotbed:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective hotbed:
sash, frames, manure, soil, culture, frame, plants, management, growth, construction, crops, mattings, dung, luxuriance, work, sashes, yard, room, purposes.

Words that sound like hotbed:
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