breeding ground

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breeding ground

1. A place where animals breed.

2. A place or set of circumstances that encourages the development of certain ideas or conditions: a laboratory that is a breeding ground for new inventions.

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Noun

breeding ground - a place where animals breed

pesthole - a breeding ground for epidemic disease

rookery - a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)

parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel - an extended area of land

Translations

breeding ground n (of animal) → zona di riproduzione (fig) → terreno fertile (fig)

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