Image:Beehive 2.JPG|thumb|A beehive (man-made).
Image:Retro formal beehive updo.jpg|thumb|A beehive hairstyle.
English
Etymology
From bee + hive.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�bi:haɪv/
audio|en-us-beehive.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
en-noun
- A structure or receptacle, typically made of straw, forming the home of bees.
- A similar man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey.
- figuratively 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 type of 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)
- The Beehive: the New Zealand Government
Synonyms
(colony of bees): hive
(man-made structure): hive
(busy workplace): hive of activity
(hairstyle): B-52
Related terms
bee
hive
Translations
trans-top|colony of bees
Bulgarian: �о�к (п�ела|п�ели) m
Finnish: mehiläisyhdyskunta
French: ruchée f
German: Bienenvolk n
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Interlingua: apiculario
Old English: hyf|hȳf f
Polish: rój (pszczó�) m
Portuguese: colméia f
Russian: �ой (roj) m
Swedish: bikoloni c, bisamhälle n, bisvärm c
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trans-top|man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey
Bulgarian: ко�е� m
Dutch: bijenkorf m
Finnish: mehiläispesä
French: ruche f
German: Bienenstock m, Bienenkorb m
Interlingua: apiculario
Latin: apiarium n
Lithuanian: avilys m
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Norwegian: bikube
Old English: hyf|hȳf f
Polish: ul m
Portuguese: cortiço m
Russian: �лей (úl'ej) m
Slovene: panj m, �ebelnjak m (beehouse)
Swedish: bikupa c
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trans-top|figurative: any place in which people are very busy
Finnish: mehiläispesä
French: ruche f
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Russian: м��авейник (murav'éjnik) m <!--anthill-->
Swedish: bikupa c
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trans-top|hairstyle
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See also
apiary
beekeeper
skep
w:Beehive (beekeeping)|Wikipedia article of beehives, the man-made structures
w:Beehive (hairstyle)|Wikipedia article on the beehive, the hairstyle
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