hot bed
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hot bed
First recorded in 1620–30
Example Sentences
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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 • Feb. 5, 2022
Seattle is not a hot bed of autonomous vehicle testing, but it has seen its fair share of robot cars.
From The Verge • Oct. 18, 2021
After making a burning hot bed of coals that produce intermittently flickering flames, Schemm grabs the long bone handles sticking out of the rib eyes and tosses them into the belly of the BGE.
From Washington Times • Jul. 13, 2020
It's so interesting to me because California was also a hot bed of a lot of creative energy and yet, they seemed really alienated in Los Angeles.
From Salon • Nov. 23, 2018
His hot bed smelled like a mushroom cellar.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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