Associations to the word «Hotbed»
Noun
- Sow
- Intrigue
- Activism
- Greenhouse
- Dissent
- Sentiment
- Cutting
- Nationalism
- Gossip
- Lacrosse
- Heresy
- Enlightenment
- Communism
- Unrest
- Activity
- Routine
- Psi
- Transplant
- Anti
- Allegiance
- Mutiny
- Socialism
- Rebellion
- Annual
- Reputation
- Genius
- Bengal
- Pot
- Vowel
- Adjustment
- Revolt
- Hostility
- Resistance
- Rumor
- Punjab
- Innovation
- Seed
- Revolution
- Tension
- Indie
- Talent
- Vegetable
- Communist
- Prohibition
- Violence
- Crime
- Monte
- Soil
- Slavery
- Kansas
- Invention
- Ncaa
- Movement
- Manufacturing
- Basketball
- Garrison
- Suburb
- Shade
- Independence
- Jazz
- Conflict
- Mid
- Frame
- Carolina
- Border
Adjective
Wiktionary
HOTBED, 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.
HOTBED, noun. (by extension) an environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable
HOTBED, noun. An iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool.
Dictionary definition
HOTBED, noun. A situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad); "it was a hotbed of vice".
HOTBED, noun. A bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.