beehive
A sheltered place where bees, usually honey bees, liveA sheltered place where bees, usually honey bees (genus Apis), live.: Such a home prepared by the bees themselves, in which some species of honey bees live and raise their young.
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8 sensesA sheltered place where bees, usually honey bees (genus Apis), live.
Such a home prepared by the bees themselves, in which some species of honey bees live and raise their young.
A man-made structure in which honey bees are kept so that humans can harvest their honey.
Bienenstock, Bienenkorb, Bienenstaat
у́лейúlej, у́лейúlej
ву́ликvúlyk, ву́лійvúlij, у́ликúlyk
a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
(figuratively)Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.
any workplace where people are very busy
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.
Beehive-Frisur, B-52-Frisur
бабе́ттаbabétta
A particular style of hat.
A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.
In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life pattern with a rounded appearance.
A diagram showing where balls have passed the batter, used in analysis.
Examples
30 sentencesStay away from the beehive.
Ziri has beehives in the garden.
The place is a beehive of activity.
There was a beehive on the tree.
Inside the beehive, it smelled like honey.
ruВнутри улья пахло мёдом. — carlosalberto
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English beehyve, equivalent to bee + hive.From Middle English beehyve, equivalent to bee + hive.
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