Hotbed - English meaning

noun

A baby's bed or cot, typically one mounted on rockers.

Usage examples:

The baby slept peacefully in its cradle

verb

Hold gently and protectively.

Usage examples:

She cradled his head in her arms

noun

A small bed for a baby, esp. one with raised sides that can be pushed gently so that it moves from side to side

Usage examples:

Joe cradled his cup of coffee and began to speak.

noun

A wild mammal's hidden home; a lair.

Usage examples:

A female mink had set up her den there

verb

(of a wild animal) live in a den.

Usage examples:

The cubs denned in the late autumn

noun

The home of particular types of wild animal

noun

A structure or place made or chosen by a bird for laying eggs and sheltering its young.

Usage examples:

Two sparrows frantically building a nest

verb

(of a bird or other animal) use or build a nest.

Usage examples:

The owls often nest in barns

noun

A structure or other place where creatures, esp. birds, give birth or leave their eggs to develop

Usage examples:

Swallows are nesting in our apple tree.

noun

A room in a house for the special use of young children.

Usage examples:

A toy-strewn nursery

noun

A place where young children and babies are cared for while their parents are somewhere else

Usage examples:

The store has a nursery where you can leave your children while you shop.

noun

A bed of fine soil in which seedlings are germinated.

Usage examples:

This suggests that if newly germinated seedlings in seedbeds were exposed to low water potentials w…