beehive
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beehive¹
- /ˈbiːhaɪv/
Rhymes with -iːhaɪv, -aɪv
Where it comes from
From Middle English beehyve, equivalent to bee + hive.
noun beehives · bee-hive
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Such a home prepared by the bees themselves, in which some species of honey bees live and raise their young.
Similar: hive
- A man-made structure in which honey bees are kept so that humans can harvest their honey. The key-hole was still their port of egress and regress, and it resembled the aperture of a bee-hive, on a sunny day in June.
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Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.
Similar: hive of activity
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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.
Similar: B-52
- A particular style of hat. A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away,[…].
- A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air. 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.
- Alternative form of Beehive Brian Small said that the Minister could not 'hide in the beehive any longer'
- In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life pattern with a rounded appearance. By the way, what happens to a beehive which is under attack by one or two gliders such as pictured:
- A diagram showing where balls have passed the batter, used in analysis.
verb beehives · beehiving · beehived · bee-hive
- To fill (a place) with busy activity. Quite naturally, if there are more ministers swarming the cabinet rooms and conference halls, then there will be a spate of civil servants beehiving the secretariat.
- To style the hair in a hive-shaped or bouffant form.
Beehive²
Where it comes from
From beehive.
noun Beehives
- A participant aged either twelve or thirteen years old in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church.
proper noun the Beehive · beehive
- The executive wing of the New Zealand parliament buildings.
- New Zealand government.
Translations
Every language
noun home of bees
| Español | colmena |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 벌통 beoltong, 벌집 beoljip |
| 日本語 | 蜂巣 hachisu |
| 中文 | 蜂箱 fēngxiāng, 蜂巢 fēngcháo, 蜂房 fēngfáng |
| हिन्दी | छत्ता chattā, मधुमक्खी का छत्ता madhumakkhī kā chattā |
| Kiswahili | mzinga |
| Português | colmeia |
| Français | ruche |
| Deutsch | Bienenstaat, Bienenstock, Bienenkorb |
| Italiano | alveare, arnia |
| Ελληνικά | κυψέλη kypséli |
| Română | stup |
| Русский | у́лей úlej |
| Tiếng Việt | tổ ong |
| العربية | خَلِيَّة ḵaliyya, قَفِير qafīr, كُوَارَة kuwāra, جَبْح jabḥ, عَسَّالَة ʕassāla, مَنْحَل manḥal |
| עברית | כוורת \ כַּוֶּרֶת kavéret |
noun man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
| Español | colmena, dujo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 蜜蜂の巣箱 mitsubachi no subako |
| Português | colmeia, colméia, cortiço |
| Français | ruche |
| Deutsch | Bienenstock, Bienenkorb |
| Italiano | arnia |
| Ελληνικά | κυψέλη kypséli |
| Română | stup |
| Русский | у́лей úlej |
| العربية | خَلِيَّة ḵaliyya, قَفِير qafīr, كُوَارَة kuwāra, جَبْح jabḥ, عَسَّالَة ʕassāla, مَنْحَل manḥal |
| עברית | כוורת \ כַּוֶּרֶת kavéret |
noun figurative: any place in which people are very busy
| 日本語 | 人込みの場所 hitogomi no basho |
|---|---|
| Français | ruche, fourmilière |
| Italiano | alveare, formicaio |
noun hairstyle
| Español | beehive, colmena |
|---|---|
| Français | choucroute |
| Deutsch | Beehive-Frisur, B-52-Frisur |
| Italiano | cofana |
| Русский | бабе́тта babétta |
noun A 12- to 13-year-old participant in Young Women of LDS
| Español | abejita |
|---|
Talk about this word "beehive." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/beehive. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. beehive. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/beehive "beehive." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/beehive.Cite this
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title = {beehive},
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