Synonyms for beehive

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bee-hahyv

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbiˌhaɪv

Top 10 synonyms for beehive

Other synonyms for the word beehive

Définition of beehive

Origin : early 14c., from bee + hive (n.). As the name of a hairstyle, attested from 1960 (the style itself said to be popular from 1958). As the name of a star cluster in the constellation Cancer, from 1840 (see Praesepe).

As in hive : noun apiary
As in apiary : noun bee home
As in coiffure : noun hairstyle
As in hairstyle : noun cut, style of a head of hair

Example sentences :

The raging and roaring in the beehive could be heard in the distance.
Extract from : « The Adventures of Maya the Bee » by Waldemar Bonsels

He wore a beehive hat, but the remainder of his attire was European.
Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various

Miss Bartlett and Minnie are coming with me to tea at the Beehive.
Extract from : « A Room With A View » by E. M. Forster

Honey is sometimes extracted from the honeycomb and the comb replaced in the beehive.
Extract from : « Orthography » by Elmer W. Cavins

I wish he could come too, and all his people with him, and all the ladies from the Beehive.
Extract from : « Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished » by R.M. Ballantyne

Not only poverty, but sin-in-rags, was sure of help in the Beehive.
Extract from : « Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished » by R.M. Ballantyne

Suddenly a descent was made upon the "Beehive" and all its papers and plant.
Extract from : « My Novel, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The perfect culmination of instinct we find in the ant-heap and the beehive.
Extract from : « Revolution and Other Essays » by Jack London

On the southern slope of the mountain at the base of the Beehive.
Extract from : « Mount Rainier » by Various

It sometimes happens that mice, slugs, &c., enter a beehive.
Extract from : « Animal Intelligence » by George J. Romanes

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