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Word: hotbed (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • 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.
  • by extension an environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable

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