Hotbed - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈhɑːtbed|
Brit.
|ˈhɒtbed|
noun
- 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 plantsExtra examples
...prerevolutionary Boston was viewed as a hotbed of treason by the British...
...the country's long period of misrule had made it a hotbed for terrorist organizations...
Word forms
noun
singular: hotbed
plural: hotbeds
singular: hotbed
plural: hotbeds
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