beehive

Meanings

Plural: beehives

Noun

• any workplace where people are very busy
• a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
• a hairdo resembling a beehive
• a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
• 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.
• 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.
• Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.
• 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.
• A particular style of hat.
• A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.
• Alternative form of Beehive.
• In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life pattern with a rounded appearance.
• A diagram showing where balls have passed the batter, used in analysis.

Verb

• To fill (a place) with busy activity.
• To style the hair in a hive-shaped or bouffant form.

Synonyms

apiary, B-52, hive, hive of activity

Related Words

apiary, bee, beekeeper, hive, insect hotel