Beehive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A hive for bees.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An enclosed structure in which some species of honey bees (genus Apis) live and raise their young.
  • n. A man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey.
  • n. Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.
  • n. A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.
  • n. A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A case or box serving as a habitation for bees. See hive.
  • n. The common name of a species of medic, Medicago scutellata, from the shape of its spirally coiled pod.
  • n. A covered cup or jug for holding honey, sugar, etc.
  • n. [capitalized] In astronomy, a name for Præsepe, the cluster of stars in Cancer.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any workplace where people are very busy
  • n. a hairdo resembling a beehive
  • n. a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
  • n. a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    work    workplace    hairdo    hairstyle    hair style    coiffure    coif    nest   
    Synonym
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    hive    apiary    alveary    bike    dome   
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