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[hot-bed] 
noun, verb, -bed⋅ded, -bed⋅ding.–noun
| 1. | a bottomless, boxlike, usually glass-covered structure and the bed of earth it covers, heated typically by fermenting manure or electrical cables, for growing plants out of season. |
| 2. | a place or environment favoring rapid growth or spread, esp. of something disliked or unwanted: a hotbed of disease. |
| 3. | Slang. a bed shared by two or more persons in shifts, each sleeping in it for or at a designated time and then vacating it for the next occupant. |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | Slang. to share a bed in shifts, so that it is always occupied. |
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Hotbed
Hot"bed`\, n. 1. (Gardening) A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotics. 2. A place which favors rapid growth or development; as, a hotbed of sedition.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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hotbed
1626, from hot + bed, originally "bed of earth heated by fermenting manure for forcing growing plants;" generalized sense of "place that fosters rapid growth" is from 1768.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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