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HOTBED
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hotbed" is a kind of...):
bed (a plot of ground in which plants are growing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad)
Example:
it was a hotbed of vice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hotbed" is a kind of...):
situation; state of affairs (the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time)
