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

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

“Experts have said this period will be a hot bed for new cases because of expected small group gatherings.”

From Washington Post