Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - hotbed
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Hotbed
hotbed
noun Date: 1626 1. a bed of soil enclosed in glass, heated especially by fermenting manure, and used for forcing or for raising seedlings 2. an environment that favors rapid growth or development a ~ of activity
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n. 1 a bed of earth heated by fermenting manure. 2 (foll. by of) an environment promoting the growth of something, esp. something unwelcome (hotbed of vice). ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. с-х. парник, паровая гряда, рассадница 2. рассадник, очаг hotbed of vice —- рассадник порока hotbed of disease —- очаг заболевания ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(hotbeds) 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. ...a state now known worldwide as a hotbed of racial intolerance. N-COUNT: with supp, usu N of n c darkgreen]emphasis ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n be a hotbed of a place where a lot a particular kind of activity, especially bad or violent activity, happens (Bavaria was a hotbed of extremist politics in the 20s and 30s.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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