Definition of hotbed
1 : a bed of soil enclosed in glass, heated especially by fermenting manure, and used for forcing or for raising seedlings
2 : an environment that favors rapid growth or development a hotbed of activity
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Examples of hotbed in a Sentence
a hotbed of political unrest
prerevolutionary Boston was viewed as a hotbed of treason by the British
1626
First Known Use of hotbed
1626
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playDefinition of hotbed for English Language Learners
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: a place where something grows or develops easily : a place where something happens very commonly
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