Hotbed

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  • noun. An environment conducive to vigorous growth or development, especially of something undesirable.
  • noun. A glass-covered bed of soil heated with fermenting manure or by electricity, used for germinating seeds or protecting tender plants.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In horticulture, a bed of earth heated by fermenting substances, and covered with glass to defend it from the cold air, intended for raising early plants, or for protecting tender exotics.
  • noun. Figuratively, a seat of rapid growth or development, or of eager activity of some kind: generally in a bad sense: as, a hotbed of sedition.
  • noun. In rail-making, the bed on which the redhot rail taken from the rolls is placed to cool.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotics.
  • noun. A place which favors rapid growth or development.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • 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.
  • noun. an environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants
  • noun. a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad)
    • Word Usage
    "U.S. and Iraqi forces are targeting what they call a hotbed for terrorists in an area Northeast of Samarra."
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    bed  situation  state of affairs  
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    godsend  hydra  stirring  undercurrent  
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    Hydra  birthplace  breeding place  breeding place  brooder  
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