"breeding-ground" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: breeding-grounds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} breeding-ground (plural breeding-grounds)
  1. A place or region where animals go to breed. Translations (place where animals breed): agre [masculine] (Catalan), líhniště [neuter] (Czech), legeplads [common-gender] (Danish), lisääntymisalue (Finnish), soidinpaikka (note: for some birds) (Finnish), kutupaikka (note: for fish) (Finnish), frayère (note: for fish) [feminine] (French), Laichplatz [masculine] (German), Brutstätte [feminine] (German), Brutplatz [masculine] (German), εκτροφείο (ektrofeío) [neuter] (Greek), lęgowisko [neuter] (Polish), пито́мник (pitómnik) [masculine] (Russian), uzgajalište [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), liahnisko [neuter] (Slovak), vzrejališče [neuter] (Slovene), lekplats [common-gender] (Swedish), розплі́дник (rozplídnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-breeding-ground-en-noun-4rtME0xW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'place where animals breed': 92 8
  2. (figuratively) A place or institution seen as creating large numbers of a stated thing, type of person, etc. Tags: figuratively Translations (figuratively): огнище (ognište) [neuter] (Bulgarian), planter [masculine] (Catalan), vivier [masculine] (French), pépinière [masculine] (French), Brutstätte [feminine] (German), Nährboden [masculine] (German), sēminārium [neuter] (Latin), пито́мник (pitómnik) [masculine] (Russian), расса́дник (rassádnik) [masculine] (Russian), semillero (Spanish), caldo de cultivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-breeding-ground-en-noun-CBZtIKJm Disambiguation of 'figuratively': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: breeding ground Hypernyms: ground Related terms: fever swamp, hotbed, nidus

Inflected forms

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