ALL meanings of hotbed
hot·bed
H h - noun hotbed place where sth is rife 1
- noun hotbed heated glasshouse for plants 1
- noun hotbed A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure, for raising or forcing plants. 1
- noun hotbed a bottomless, boxlike, usually glass-covered structure and the bed of earth it covers, heated typically by fermenting manure or electrical cables, for growing plants out of season. 1
- noun hotbed a place or environment favoring rapid growth or spread, especially of something disliked or unwanted: a hotbed of disease. 1
- noun hotbed Slang. a bed shared by two or more persons in shifts, each sleeping in it for or at a designated time and then vacating it for the next occupant. 1
- verb without object hotbed Slang. to share a bed in shifts, so that it is always occupied. 1
- noun hotbed 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. 0
- noun hotbed (by extension) an environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable. 0
- noun hotbed An iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool. 0
- countable noun hotbed If you say that somewhere is a hotbed of an undesirable activity, you are emphasizing that a lot of the activity is going on there or being started there. 0
- noun hotbed a glass-covered bed of soil, usually heated by fermenting material, used for propagating plants, forcing early vegetables, etc 0
- noun hotbed a place offering ideal conditions for the growth of an idea, activity, etc, esp one considered bad 0
- noun hotbed a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by manure, electricity, etc. for forcing plants 0
- noun hotbed any place that fosters rapid growth or extensive activity 0