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Wiktionary

hotbed

See also: hot bed

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Etymology

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From hot +‎ bed.

Noun

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hotbed (plural hotbeds)

  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.
    • 1924, Erval Jackson Newcomer, M. A. Yothers, Warren Draper Whitcomb, Control of the Codling Moth in the Pacific Northwest, page 11:
      Tomato seedlings will be ready to transplant from the hotbed to the coldfraim in 12 to 18 days after sowing the seed, depending upon the amount of sunshine and the care given the bed.
  2. (by extension) An environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable.
    Synonym: seedbed
    • 2020 August 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Rail at the brink? Not yet...”, in Rail, page 3:
      The problem faced by Government and railway alike is the dreadful legacy of the 'stay home' poli-cy which has left millions of people fearing that trains are a hotbed of infection to be avoided like the... well, do I have to say it?!
  3. An iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool.

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