Beehive (band)
WordNet

noun


(1)   A man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
(2)   Any workplace where people are very busy
(3)   A hairdo resembling a beehive
(4)   A structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
WiktionaryText

Noun



  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. Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.
  4. 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.
  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, Can't Find My Way Home (Simon & Schuster 2005, p. 179)

Synonyms

  • (home of bees): hive
  • (man-made structure): hive
  • (busy workplace): hive of activity
  • (hairstyle): B-52

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