hotbed

hot·bed  (htbd)

n.

1. An environment conducive to vigorous growth or development, especially of something undesirable: a hotbed of intrigue.

2. A glass-covered bed of soil heated with fermenting manure or by electricity, used for the germination of seeds or for protecting tender plants.

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hotbed [ˈhɒtˌbɛd]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a glass-covered bed of soil, usually heated by fermenting material, used for propagating plants, forcing early vegetables, etc.

2. a place offering ideal conditions for the growth of an idea, activity, etc., esp one considered bad a hotbed of insurrection

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hotbed - a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad); "it was a hotbed of vice" situation, state of affairs - the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt
	2.	hotbed - a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants bed - a plot of ground in which plants are growing; "the gardener planted a bed of roses"

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hotbed

noun breeding ground, nest, den a hotbed of racial intolerance

Translations

hotbed [ˈhɒtbed] N (fig) → semillero m

hotbed [ˈhɒtbɛd] n → foyer m
a hotbed of sth → un foyer de qch
the university is a hotbed of political activity → l'université est un foyer d'activité politique
hot-blooded [ˌhɒtˈblʌdɪd] adj (= passionate) → passionné(e)
hot chocolate n → chocolat m chaud

hotbed [ˈhɒtˌbɛd] n (fig) → focolaio

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hotbed [ˈhɒtˌbɛd] n (fig) → focolaio