Synonyms for hotbed
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hot-bed |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɒtˌbɛd |
Top 10 synonyms for hotbed Other synonyms for the word hotbed
- bull's-eye
- burrow
- centrality
- centriole
- centrum
- cloister
- control center
- core
- couch
- cubbyhole
- cynosure
- epicenter
- equidistance
- esoteric reality
- essence
- focus
- ganglion
- gist
- haunt
- heart
- hideout
- hole
- hornet's nest
- hot spot
- HQ
- hub
- inner reality
- inside
- interior
- intermediacy
- intrinsic reality
- kernel
- lair
- lodge
- mainstream
- marrow
- median
- middle
- middle of the road
- midpoint
- midst
- nave
- navel
- nucleus
- omphalos
- pith
- pivot
- plague spot
- polestar
- possible difficulty
- quick
- radial point
- retreat
- root
- sanctum
- seat
- shelter
- snuggery
- source of trouble
- study
- switchboard
- time bomb
- vital center
- vital principle
- war zone
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for hotbed
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