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Beehive
noun
1 beehive
Any workplace where people are very busy.
Dutch: immenhuif, bijennest, immenkorf, huif
2 beehive
A structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree.
synonym: hive.
Roget 370:
husbandry,
taming
etc.
v.;
circuration†,
zoohygiantics†;
domestication,
domesticity;
manege [Fr.],
veterinary art;
farriery†;
breeding,
pisciculture.
menagerie,
vivarium,
zoological garden;
bear pit;
aviary,
apiary,
alveary†,
beehive;
hive;
aquarium,
fishery;
duck pond,
fish pond.
phthisozoics
etc.
(killing)
361†
[Destruction of animals];
euthanasia,
sacrifice,
humane destruction.
neatherd†,
cowherd,
shepherd;
grazier,
drover,
cowkeeper†;
trainer,
breeder;
apiarian†,
apiarist;
bull whacker [U.S.],
cowboy,
cow puncher [U.S.],
farrier;
horse leech,
horse doctor;
vaquero,
veterinarian,
vet,
veterinary surgeon.
cage
etc.
(prison)
752;
hencoop†,
bird cage,
cauf†;
range,
sheepfold,
etc.
(inclosure)
232.
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Roget 691:
workshop,
workhouse,
workplace,
shop,
place of business;
manufactory,
mill,
plant,
works,
factory;
cabinet,
studio;
office,
branch office bureau,
atelier.
[specific types of workplace: list],
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.
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Dutch: bijenkorf, bijenvolk
3 beehive
A hairdo resembling a beehive.
4 beehive
A man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees.
synonym: hive.
Dutch: bijenkorf
Polish: ul
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