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beefsteak morel |
beefsteak plant |
beefsteak tomato |
beefwood |
beefy |
beehive
| beehive state
| beehouse
| beekeeper
| beekeeping
| beeld
beehive
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun beehive has 4 senses
- beehive(n = noun.artifact) Array - any workplace where people are very busy; Array is a kind of work, workplace
- beehive(n = noun.object) hive - a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree; Array has parts: honeycomb
- beehive(n = noun.body) Array - a hairdo resembling a beehive; Array is a kind of coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle
- beehive(n = noun.artifact) hive - a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees; Array is a part of apiary, bee house
is a kind of nest
is a kind of receptacle
has particulars: skep
CIDE DICTIONARY
beehive, n.
A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively. [1913 Webster]
" A common and typical form of beehive was a domeshaped inverted basket, whence certain ancient Irish and Scotch architectural remains are called beehive houses."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
beehive, n.
1 an artificial habitation for bees.
2 a busy place.
3 anything resembling a wicker beehive in being domed.
1 an artificial habitation for bees.
2 a busy place.
3 anything resembling a wicker beehive in being domed.
ROGET THESAURUS
beehive
Workshop
N workshop, workhouse, workplace, shop, place of business, manufactory, mill, plant, works, factory, cabinet, studio, office, branch office bureau, atelier, hive, hive of industry, nursery, hothouse, hotbed, kitchen, mint, forge, loom, dock, dockyard, alveary, armory, laboratory, lab, research institute, refinery, cannery, power plant, beauty parlor, beehive, bindery, forcing pit, nailery, usine, slip, yard, wharf, foundry, foundery, furnace, vineyard, crucible, alembic, caldron, matrix, at work, at the office, at the shop, working.Husbandry
N husbandry, taming, circuration, zoohygiantics, domestication, domesticity, manege, veterinary art, farriery, breeding, pisciculture, menagerie, vivarium, zoological garden, bear pit, aviary, apiary, alveary, beehive, hive, aquarium, fishery, duck pond, fish pond, phthisozoics, euthanasia, sacrifice, humane destruction, neatherd, cowherd, shepherd, grazier, drover, cowkeeper, trainer, breeder, apiarian, apiarist, bull whacker, cowboy, cow puncher, farrier, horse leech, horse doctor, vaquero, veterinarian, vet, veterinary surgeon, cage, hencoop, bird cage, cauf, range, sheepfold, pastoral, bucolic, tame, domestic.
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