hot bed

American  

noun

Metalworking.

1. an area having rails or rolls on which rolled pieces are laid to cool.

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Etymology

Origin of hot bed

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

California’s higher emissions standards have made the state “a hot bed” for catalytic converter theft, said U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

Bengston came of age as an artist in the late 1950s, as part of a group of young West Coast contemporary art luminaries including Ed Ruscha, Ed Moses, Robert Irwin and Larry Bell who helped cement the legendary status of Walter Hopps’ Ferus Gallery as a counterculture hot bed on North La Cienega Boulevard.

From Los Angeles Times

University District, which remains a hot bed for Asian desserts, gets two more chains: Roji Monster Ice Cream and the yogurt-and-rice dessert shop Hey!

From Seattle Times

Seattle is not a hot bed of autonomous vehicle testing, but it has seen its fair share of robot cars.

From The Verge

In the eastern state of Saxony, which has become a hot bed of protests, the rates of infection are higher than anywhere else in the country.

From Washington Times