Associations to the word «Hotbed»

HOTBED, noun. 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. A hotbed works as a miniature hothouse, i.e. greenhouse.

HOTBED, noun. (by extension) an environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable

HOTBED, noun. An iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool.

HOTBED, noun. A situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad); "it was a hotbed of vice".

HOTBED, noun. A bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants.