Antonyms for hotbed


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hot-bed
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɒtˌbɛd


Definition of hotbed

Origin :
  • 1620s, from hot + bed (n.); originally "bed of earth heated by fermenting manure for forcing growing plants;" generalized sense of "place that fosters rapid growth" is from 1768.
  • As in nerve center : noun center of activity
  • As in trouble spot : noun volatile situation
  • As in center : noun middle point
  • As in midpoint : noun center
  • As in den : noun cavern, hideaway
Example sentences :
  • Sects were springing up all over England as weeds in a hotbed.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • If there is no greenhouse, a hotbed is an important help in the garden.
  • Extract from : « Agriculture for Beginners » by Charles William Burkett
  • Industry—and the engineer is the backbone of industry—is a hotbed of competition.
  • Extract from : « Opportunities in Engineering » by Charles M. Horton
  • It is a hotbed of heathen enthusiasm and of blinded devotion.
  • Extract from : « A Tour of the Missions » by Augustus Hopkins Strong
  • A corrupt, unregenerate heart, which is a hotbed and nursery of the devil.
  • Extract from : « Sanctification » by J. W. Byers
  • The East Side, that had been orderly, became a hotbed of child crime.
  • Extract from : « The Battle with the Slum » by Jacob A. Riis.
  • Memphis was a hotbed of secessionists; it was almost as bad as Charleston.
  • Extract from : « My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field » by Charles Carleton Coffin
  • For this purpose, a hotbed frame may be used, substantially made of plank.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Roses » by Francis Parkman
  • Now there is nothing simpler than a hotbed when you come to a study of it.
  • Extract from : « ABC of Vegetable Gardening » by Eben Eugene Rexford
  • Some persons tell me that they always bank up a hotbed with earth.
  • Extract from : « ABC of Vegetable Gardening » by Eben Eugene Rexford

Synonyms for hotbed

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