noun
1.
a habitation or dwelling-place constructed for bees, usually either dome-shaped or box-shaped.
2.
a natural habitation of bees, as a hollowed-out tree.
3.
a crowded, busy place.
4.
something resembling an artificial beehive in appearance, as a hut or hairdo.
5.
Also called beehive oven. an oven for converting coal into coke, characterized by its dome-shaped roof.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a man-made receptacle used to house a swarm of bees |
| 2. | a dome-shaped hair style in which the hair is piled high on the head |
| 3. | a place where busy people are assembled |
| Beehive (ˈbiːˌhaɪv) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the dome-shaped building that houses sections of Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand |
| 2. | the New Zealand government |
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beehive
((catalog numbers NGC 2632 and M 44), open, or galactic, cluster of several hundred stars in the zodiacal constellation Cancer and located 590 light-years from Earth. Visible to the unaided eye as a small patch of bright haze, it was first distinguished as a group of stars by Galileo. It was included by Hipparchus in the earliest known star catalog, c. 129 BC.
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