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beehive.

A sheltered place where bees, usually honey bees (genus Apis), live.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbiːhaɪv/
  1. A sheltered place where bees, usually honey bees (genus Apis), live. Such a home prepared by the bees themselves, in which some species of honey bees live and raise their young.

  2. A sheltered place where bees, usually honey bees (genus Apis), live. A man-made structure in which honey bees are kept so that humans can harvest their honey.

  3. Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.

    figuratively
  4. A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.

  5. A particular style of hat.

  6. A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.

  7. Alternative form of Beehive.

    New-Zealand · alt-of · alternative · nonstandard
  8. In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life pattern with a rounded appearance.

  9. A diagram showing where balls have passed the batter, used in analysis.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English beehyve, equivalent to bee + hive.

verb/ˈbiːhaɪv/
  1. To fill (a place) with busy activity.

    rare · transitive
  2. To style the hair in a hive-shaped or bouffant form.

    rare · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English beehyve, equivalent to bee + hive.

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