beehive
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- IPA: /ˈbi:haɪv/
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beehive (plural beehives)
- An enclosed structure in which some species of honey bees (genus Apis) live and raise their young.
- A man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey.
- (figuratively) Any place full of activity, or in which 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.
- A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.
- 2005: By the time it was over, Stone had been blown thirty feet through the air by a beehive round as he was running across a field, knocked out by the concussion of the blast. — Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home (Simon & Schuster 2005, p. 179)
[edit] Synonyms
- (home of bees): hive
- (man-made structure): hive
- (busy workplace): hive of activity
- (hairstyle): B-52
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[edit] Translations
home of bees
man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
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figurative: any place in which people are very busy
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hairstyle
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type of anti-personnel ammunition
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