beehive









beehive


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.

noun

  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

noun the Beehive informal

  1. the dome-shaped building that houses sections of Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand
  2. the New Zealand government
n.

early 14c., from bee + hive (n.). As the name of a hairstyle, attested from 1960 (the style itself said to be popular from 1958). As the name of a star cluster in the constellation Cancer, from 1840 (see Praesepe).

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