hotbed

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Englisch - Englisch
an environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable
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
{n} a bed made of earth and dung covered with glass
A place which favors rapid growth or development; as, a hotbed of sedition
emphasis If you say that somewhere is a hotbed of an undesirable activity, you are emphasizing that a lot of the activity is going on there or being started there. a state now known worldwide as a hotbed of racial intolerance. be a hotbed of sth a place where a lot of a particular type of activity, especially bad or violent activity, happens
a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants
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 a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad); "it was a hotbed of vice
{i} area of covered and heated ground in which plants are grown in and out of season
A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotics
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
hotbeds
plural of hotbed
Türkisch - Englisch

Definition von hotbed im Türkisch Englisch wörterbuch

camlı yastık coldframe, hotbed
(for plants)
hotbed

    Silbentrennung

    hot·bed

    Türkische aussprache

    hätbed

    Aussprache

    /ˈhätˌbed/ /ˈhɑːtˌbɛd/

    Etymologie

    [ 'hät-"bed ] (noun.) 1626. From hot + bed.
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