hotbed
hotbed is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A place which favors rapid growth or development; as, a hotbed of sedition.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- alembic
- alveary
- armory
- atelier
- axial
- axis
- azygous
- backbone
- beauty
- beehive
- bindery
- branch
- bring
- buoyancy
- bureau
- business
- cabinet
- caldron
- cannery
- center
- central
- centrality
- centralization
- centralize
- centrally
- centrical
- column
- concentrate
- concentration
- concentric
- converge
- convergence
- core
- crucible
- dock
- dockyard
- eye
- factory
- focal
- focus
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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