beehive

beehive

beehive (plural beehives)

1. An enclosed structure in which some species of honey bees (genus Apis) live and raise their young.
2. A man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey.
3. (figuratively) Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.
4. A womens 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 type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.
   • 2005: By the time it was over, Stone had been blown thirty feet through the air by a beehive round as he was running across a field, knocked out by the concussion of the blast. — Martin Torgoff, Cant Find My Way Home (Simon & Schuster 2005, p. 179)

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	home of bees

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	home of bees

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Altri significati:

(figuratively) Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.

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

A box or receptable in which bees are kept for their honey.

figurative: any place in which people are very busy

hairstyle

An enclosed structure in which some species of honey bees (genus Apis) live and raise their young.

man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey

A man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey.

A structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree.

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.

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