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beehive

[ bee-hahyv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a habitation or dwelling-place constructed for bees, bee, usually either dome-shaped or box-shaped.
a natural habitation of bees, bee, as a hollowed-out tree.
a crowded, busy place.
something resembling an artificial beehive in appearance, as a hut or hairdo.
Also called beehive oven. an oven for converting coal into coke, characterized by its dome-shaped roof.

Beehive

/ ˈbiːˌhaɪv /

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

beehive

/ ˈbiːˌhaɪv /

Origin of beehive¹

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; bee ¹, hive

The Bees Laline Paull (Ecco) This arresting debut novel is a daring dystopian story set in a beehive.

A 30-yard free kick resulted and the rangy Brazilian, his hair a beehive of curls, cannoned the ball into the Colombian net.

The portrait, titled Amy Jade, depicts the tattooed songstress with her signature beehive hairstyle in a yellow dress.

Jeb Bush recently stuck a stick in the GOP beehive on immigration and common core education standards.

She wore an apple-green housedress and her graying beehive hairdo was unyielding against the blasts of a chugging air conditioner.

It is of beehive structure, and a regular little ease in pattern; for the inmate can neither sit, stand, nor lie in any comfort.

I was told I could have either a break-wind of boughs or a beehive hut, and on consideration I chose the latter.

Pawnee Lodge, thatched with prairie grass, in form of a straw beehive.

Every monastery was an inn, as well as a beehive, to which all travellers resorted, and where no pay was exacted.

They were generally industrious; every convent was a beehive, in which various kinds of manufactures were produced.

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