Beehive

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  • noun. A hive for bees.
  • noun. A very busy place.
  • noun. A woman's hairstyle in which the hair is arranged in a tall, rounded peak on top of the head.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A case or box serving as a habitation for bees. See hive.
  • noun. The common name of a species of medic, Medicago scutellata, from the shape of its spirally coiled pod.
  • noun. A covered cup or jug for holding honey, sugar, etc.
  • noun. [capitalized] In astronomy, a name for Præsepe, the cluster of stars in Cancer.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An enclosed structure in which some species of honey bees (genus Apis) live and raise their young.
  • noun. A man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey.
  • noun. Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.
  • noun. A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.
  • noun. A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any workplace where people are very busy
  • noun. a hairdo resembling a beehive
  • noun. a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
  • noun. a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
  • Word Usage
    "The herbs and lettuces were harvested from the White House Kitchen Garden started by Michelle Obama, and honey from the White House beehive is being used to poach the dessert pears."
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