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11 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• hotbed n. A low bed of earth covered with glass, and heated with rotting manure, used for the germination of seeds…
• hotbed n. (By extension) An environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of…
• hotbed n. An iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool.
• hot␣bed n. A mass of organic matter decomposing and giving off heat from microbial metabolic action.
• hot␣bed n. A garden bed using such a heat-generating mass; a hotbox.
• hot␣bed n. A central point of activity, relating to a specific task.
• hot␣bed n. A bed shared by workers, sailors, or soldiers operating in shifts or watches (named for the idea that…
• hot␣bed v. Reusing sleeping quarters in shifts.
• hot␣bed v. To farm using hotbeds for season extension.

— English words, defined in French —

• hotbed n. (Jardinage) Parterre sous serre.
• hotbed n. (Sens figuré) Nid, lieu propice au développement de quelque chose.

79 English words from 9 English definitions

action activity and are bars bed By␣extension central cool covered decomposing development earth environment especially etc extension farm for from garden generating germination giving giving␣off glass growth heat heated hot hot␣bars hotbeds hotbox idea ideal iron laid low manure mass matter metabolic microbial mill named off operating organic organic␣matter platform point quarters rails relating Reusing rolling rolling␣mill rotting sailors season seeds shared shifts sleeping sleeping␣quarters soldiers something specific such task that that␣is the used using watches which with workers

7 English words from 2 foreign definitions

chose lieu Nid Parterre propice Sens sous

7 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

développement figuré Jardinage quelque quelque␣chose Sens␣figuré serre

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

hotbeds hot␣beds

6 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

bed BED B.Ed. hot HOT OTB

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

BTO deb Deb DEB Deb. debt EBT

5 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

botched bot␣herd debosht hotbeds hot␣beds

8 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

boteh bothe Bothe doeth obedt thobe Thobe Thode

4 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

hobbed hogbed hog␣bed hotted

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