apiary
pronunciation
How to pronounce apiary in British English:
UK [ˈeɪpiəri]
How to pronounce apiary in American English:
US [ˈeɪpieri]
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- Noun:
- a shed containing a number of beehives
Word Origin
- apiary (n.)
- 1650s, from Latin apiarium "beehouse, beehive," neuter of apiarius "of bees," from apis "bee," a mystery word unrelated to any similar words in other Indo-European languages. A borrowing from Semitic has been proposed.
Example
- 1. Assange could relax only when he hid his disks in an apiary that he kept .
- 2. I had a jar of honey in my bag from the toronto york fairmont hotel where I had spent the night ( it has an apiary on the roof ) .
- 3. These requirements rule for all apiary sites , including migration sites .