| NOUN | state | hotbed | a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad / bad) |
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| artifact | hotbed | a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants |
| Sounds | hhaa'tbeh.d | |
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| Rhymes | abed ... zed: 93 rhymes with ehd... | |
| Meaning | A situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad / bad). | |
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| Example | "it was a hotbed of vice" | |
| Broader | situation, state of affairs | The general state of things |
| Spanish | caldo de cultivo, semillero | |
| Meaning | A bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants. | |
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| Broader | bed | A plot of ground in which plants are growing |
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