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hotbed::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | bed |
hotbed::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | situation, state of affairs |
it was a hotbed of vice.
Examples of hotbed
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Frome does not immediately suggest itself as a hotbed of motor racing champions.
From the telegraph.co.uk
During prohibition, the Delta reportedly was a hotbed of local moonshine-making.
From the al.com
In the late 1960s, the design department was a hotbed of alternative technology.
From the theatlantic.com
San Diego is far from college lacrosse's hotbed states on the Atlantic seaboard.
From the signonsandiego.com
Another blow is delivered to the subcontinent's status as the hotbed of cricket.
From the independent.co.uk
Non-league football is not generally considered a hotbed of artistic creativity.
From the independent.co.uk
Ames is originally from Ohio, a hotbed of indoor racing due to its long winters.
From the kansas.com
West London in the early 2000s seems to have been a hotbed of pedalling players.
From the guardian.co.uk
That Yemen is a hotbed for radical Islamists should not be a surprise to anyone.
From the washingtontimes.com
- A situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad); "it was a hotbed of vice"
- A bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants
- In biology, a hotbed is a pile of decaying organic matter warmer than its surroundings due to the heat given off by the metabolism of the microorganisms in the decomposing pile.
- A bed of soil enclosed by a structure with a top of glass, heated, often by manure, for forcing or raising seedlings.
- Manure heap providing bottom heat as it warms up for plants growing on the top.
- A heated cold frame.
