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Rarehotbed
The correct spelling is hotbed.
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noun
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The correct spelling is hotbed. 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.
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noun
- 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.
- 2.(by extension) An environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable.
- 3.An iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool.
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