hotbed

Betekenis (Engels)

  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.
  2. (broadly) An environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable.
  3. An iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool.

Vertalings

Brutstätte

couche de fumier

Nährboden

επίκεντρο

θερμή πρασιά

Frekwensie

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Etimologie (Engels)

From hot + bed.

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