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hotbed
[hot-bed]
noun
a bottomless, boxlike, usually glass-covered structure and the bed of earth it covers, heated typically by fermenting manure or electrical cables, for growing plants out of season.
a place or environment favoring rapid growth or spread, especially of something disliked or unwanted.
a hotbed of disease.
Slang.a bed shared by two or more persons in shifts, each sleeping in it for or at a designated time and then vacating it for the next occupant.
verb (used without object)
Slang.to share a bed in shifts, so that it is always occupied.
hotbed
/ ˈɒˌɛ /
noun
a glass-covered bed of soil, usually heated by fermenting material, used for propagating plants, forcing early vegetables, etc
a place offering ideal conditions for the growth of an idea, activity, etc, esp one considered bad
a hotbed of insurrection
Example Sentences
Michigan, long a hotbed of anti-government militia activity, was an early adopter of strategies to fight domestic extremism, making it a target of conservative pundits who accuse the state of criminalizing right-wing organizing.
Southern California is a hotbed for softball talent, so it comes as no surprise that the USA national team’s 15-person roster for the World Games in Chengdu, China, is loaded with local products.
But the festival has long been a hotbed for the discovery of emerging talent.
At the time, the Royal Court was a hotbed of new talent, specialising in controversial works.
"It's a real hotbed of terrorism in South Wigston, it really is," jokes Karen.
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