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hot bed

American  

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of hot bed

First recorded in 1620–30

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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

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

From there, Sherman took off to Canada for school at St. Michael’s, which was - and continues to be - a hockey hot bed, even in Canada.

From Washington Times Dec. 5, 2015

His hot bed smelled like a mushroom cellar.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

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