Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - breeding ground
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Breeding ground
breeding ground
(breeding grounds) 1. If you refer to a situation or place as a breeding ground for something bad such as crime, you mean that this thing can easily develop in that situation or place. Flaws in the system have created a breeding ground for financial scandals... N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp, usu N for n 2. The breeding ground for a particular type of creature is the place where this creature breeds easily. Warm milk is the ideal breeding ground for bacteria. N-COUNT: with supp
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noun Date: 1630 1. the place to which animals go to breed 2. a place or set of circumstances suitable for or favorable to growth and development hurricane ~s ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
1) место размножения; гнездовье 2) нерестилище, место нереста 3) щенная залёжка (тюленей) ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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~ n 1 a place or situation where something bad or harmful grows and develops + for (overcrowded slums that are breeding grounds for crime) 2 a place where animals go in order to breed (In spring, the birds migrate north to their breeding grounds.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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