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BEEHIVE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees

Synonyms:

beehive; hive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("beehive" is a kind of...):

receptacle (a container that is used to put or keep things in)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beehive"):

skep (a domed beehive made of twisted straw)

Holonyms ("beehive" is a part of...):

apiary; bee house (a shed containing a number of beehives)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any workplace where people are very busy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("beehive" is a kind of...):

work; workplace (a place where work is done)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A hairdo resembling a beehive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("beehive" is a kind of...):

coif; coiffure; hair style; hairdo; hairstyle (the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair))

Sense 4

Meaning:

A structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree

Synonyms:

beehive; hive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("beehive" is a kind of...):

nest (a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young)

Meronyms (parts of "beehive"):

honeycomb (a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae)

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