beehive

Meaning

Noun

1. A sheltered place where bees, usually honey bees (genus Apis), live.
2. A sheltered place where bees, usually honey bees (genus Apis), live.
3. (figuratively) Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.
4. A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.
5. A particular style of hat.
6. A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.
7. (New-Zealand, alt-of, alternative, nonstandard) Alternative form of Beehive.
8. In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life pattern with a rounded appearance.
9. A diagram showing where balls have passed the batter, used in analysis.

Verb

1. (rare, transitive) To fill (a place) with busy activity.
2. (rare, transitive) To style the hair in a hive-shaped or bouffant form.

Synonyms

hive

honeycomb

honey

🍯

nest

comb

formicary

nest box

skep

topknot

wasp’s nest

hornet’s nest

hornets’ nest

hub of commerce

bee’s nest

nidus vespa

apiary

sugarbag

bee

🐝

bike

🚲

business centre

chignon

Translations

ruche

colmena

alveare

bijenkorf

Bienenstock

arnia

rusc

Bienenkorb

colméia

colmeia

alveus

κυψέλη

buc

cortiço

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbiːhaɪv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: beehyve

In summary

From Middle English beehyve, equivalent to bee + hive.