How to pronounce “hot bed”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (biology) A mass of organic matter decomposing and giving off heat from microbial metabolic action.
• (horticulture) A garden bed using such a heat-generating mass; a hotbox.
• (figuratively, by extension) A central point of activity, relating to a specific task.
• A bed shared by workers, sailors, or soldiers operating in shifts or watches (named for the idea that it is still warm when the next occupant gets into it).
• (3D printing) A heated print bed, so as to help the lower levels of extruded filament stick together.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To share sleeping accommodations with one or two others serially (in shifts), as on a ship or a submarine or other operation with round-the-clock staffing.
• (agriculture, transitive) To farm using hotbeds for season extension.

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