"hotbed" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: hotbeds [plural]
Etymology: From hot + bed. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hot|bed}} hot + bed Head templates: {{en-noun}} hotbed (plural hotbeds)
  1. 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, like a miniature hothouse. Categories (topical): Gardens, Horticulture Translations (low bed of earth covered with glass): разсадник (razsadnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), varmebed (Danish), drivbænk (Danish), kasvilava (Finnish), Frühbeet [neuter] (German), Treibbeet [neuter] (German), Mistbeet [neuter] (German), melegágy (Hungarian), inspekt [masculine] (Polish), парни́к (parník) [masculine] (Russian), nispet [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), topla gredica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), drivbänk [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-hotbed-en-noun-en:plant_growing_aid Disambiguation of Gardens: 53 10 36 Disambiguation of Horticulture: 48 5 47 Disambiguation of 'low bed of earth covered with glass': 97 1 2
  2. (by extension) An environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable. Tags: broadly Synonyms: seedbed Translations (place ideal for the growth of something undesirable): بُؤْرَة (buʔra) [masculine] (Arabic), огнище (ognište) [neuter] (Bulgarian), fogar [masculine] (Catalan), 溫床 /温床 (wēnchuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), semeniště [neuter] (Czech), broeinest [neuter] (Dutch), pesä (Finnish), nid [masculine] (French), Brutstätte [feminine] (German), Nährboden [masculine] (German), Hort [masculine] (German), Tummelplatz [masculine] (German), melegágy (Hungarian), 温床 (onshō) (alt: おんしょう) (Japanese), 온상 (onsang) (Korean), arnested [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), wylęgarnia [feminine] (Polish), siedlisko [neuter] (Polish), zarzewie [neuter] (Polish), antro [masculine] (Portuguese), расса́дник (rassádnik) [masculine] (Russian), leglo (Serbo-Croatian), semillero (Spanish), hervidero (Spanish), caldo de cultivo (Spanish), terreno abonado [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hotbed-en-noun-mOMDJLhK Disambiguation of 'place ideal for the growth of something undesirable': 13 86 2
  3. An iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool. Categories (topical): Horticulture
    Sense id: en-hotbed-en-noun-XmfJMdZE Disambiguation of Horticulture: 48 5 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 7 75 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 4 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 5 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 2 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 27 5 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 5 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 29 6 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 34 13 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 27 4 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 30 4 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 29 6 65 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 3 71 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 6 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 25 24 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 29 3 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 29 6 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 33 12 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 27 7 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 35 5 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 29 5 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 26 4 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 28 6 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 2 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 26 5 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: breeding-ground, nidus

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From hot + bed.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hotbeds",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hotbed (plural hotbeds)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "breeding-ground"
    },
    {
      "word": "nidus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonym: hotbox"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1924, Erval Jackson Newcomer, M. A. Yothers, Warren Draper Whitcomb, Control of the Codling Moth in the Pacific Northwest, page 11:",
          "text": "Tomato seedlings will be ready to transplant from the hotbed to the coldframe in 12 to 18 days after sowing the seed, depending upon the amount of sunshine and the care given the bed.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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, like a miniature hothouse."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ],
        [
          "glass",
          "glass"
        ],
        [
          "rotting",
          "rotting"
        ],
        [
          "manure",
          "manure"
        ],
        [
          "germination",
          "germination"
        ],
        [
          "seed",
          "seed"
        ],
        [
          "growth",
          "growth"
        ],
        [
          "tender",
          "tender"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ],
        [
          "hothouse",
          "hothouse"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:plant-growing aid"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 August 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Rail at the brink? Not yet...”, in Rail, page 3:",
          "text": "The problem faced by Government and railway alike is the dreadful legacy of the 'stay home' policy which has left millions of people fearing that trains are a hotbed of infection to be avoided like the... well, do I have to say it?!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "environment",
          "environment"
        ],
        [
          "ideal",
          "ideal"
        ],
        [
          "development",
          "development"
        ],
        [
          "undesirable",
          "undesirable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) An environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "seedbed"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razsadnik",
      "sense": "low bed of earth covered with glass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "разсадник"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "low bed of earth covered with glass",
      "word": "varmebed"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "low bed of earth covered with glass",
      "word": "drivbænk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "low bed of earth covered with glass",
      "word": "kasvilava"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "low bed of earth covered with glass",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Frühbeet"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "low bed of earth covered with glass",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Treibbeet"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "low bed of earth covered with glass",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Mistbeet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "low bed of earth covered with glass",
      "word": "melegágy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "low bed of earth covered with glass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inspekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "parník",
      "sense": "low bed of earth covered with glass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "парни́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "low bed of earth covered with glass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nispet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "low bed of earth covered with glass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "topla gredica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "low bed of earth covered with glass",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "drivbänk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "buʔra",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بُؤْرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ognište",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "огнище"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fogar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wēnchuáng",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "word": "溫床 /温床"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "semeniště"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "broeinest"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "word": "pesä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nid"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Brutstätte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Nährboden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tummelplatz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "word": "melegágy"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おんしょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "onshō",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "word": "温床"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "onsang",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "word": "온상"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "arnested"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wylęgarnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "siedlisko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zarzewie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rassádnik",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "расса́дник"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "word": "leglo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "word": "semillero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "word": "hervidero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "word": "caldo de cultivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "place ideal for the growth of something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "terreno abonado"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "hotbed"
  ],
  "word": "hotbed"
}

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