hotbed
pronunciation
How to pronounce hotbed in British English:
UK [ˈhɒtbed]
How to pronounce hotbed in American English:
US [ˈhɑtbed]
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- Noun:
- a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad)
- a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants
Word Origin
- hotbed (n.)
- 1620s, from hot + bed (n.); originally "bed of earth heated by fermenting manure for forcing growing plants;" generalized sense of "place that fosters rapid growth" is from 1768.
Example
- 1. New england is now a hotbed of equality .
- 2. Korea has long been a hotbed of religiosity .
- 3. Rise in cases expected alongside flu pandemic ; denver is hotbed
- 4. Does it matter to the united states that somalia is becoming a hotbed of global jihad ?
- 5. Wildly denouncing mr gross is unlikely to counter the belief that poland is a hotbed of anti-semitism .