"hot bed" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: hot beds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hot bed (plural hot beds)
  1. A mass of organic matter decomposing and giving off heat from microbial metabolic action.
    Sense id: en-hot_bed-en-noun-rp2jXn2J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 10 3 17 28 11
  2. A garden bed using such a heat-generating mass; a hotbox.
    Sense id: en-hot_bed-en-noun-n9tkAtyU
  3. A central point of activity, relating to a specific task.
    Sense id: en-hot_bed-en-noun-SvVwF07A
  4. A bed shared by workers, sailors, or soldiers operating in shifts or watches (named for the idea that it is still warm when the next occupant gets into it).
    Sense id: en-hot_bed-en-noun-8dJQpVIQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 10 3 17 28 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hotbed

Verb [English]

Forms: hot beds [present, singular, third-person], hot bedding [participle, present], hot bedded [participle, past], hot bedded [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} hot bed (third-person singular simple present hot beds, present participle hot bedding, simple past and past participle hot bedded)
  1. To share sleeping accommodations with one or two others serially (in shifts), as on ship or a submarine or other operation with round-the-clock staffing. Synonyms: hot bunk, hot rack
    Sense id: en-hot_bed-en-verb-NGaIZ9eh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 10 3 17 28 11
  2. To farm using hotbeds for season extension.
    Sense id: en-hot_bed-en-verb-8OkSQbbe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 10 3 17 28 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hotbed

Inflected forms

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