seedbed

English

Etymology

From seed +‎ bed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsidˌbɛd/

Noun

seedbed (plural seedbeds)

1. Ground prepared for the planting of seeds.
2. (figuratively) A place conducive to development and attainment.

   Synonym: hotbed

   Paris was a seedbed of artistic creation in the 1920s.

Translations

ground prepared for planting of seeds

Chinese: Mandarin: 苗床 (zh) (miáochuáng), 苗圃 (zh) (miáopǔ) Finnish: kylvöpenkki Galician: morteiro (gl) m, pebideiro m, alcouve (gl) m, porral m, sementeiro (gl) m German: Saatbett n, Saatbeet n Hindi: बीअड़ f (bīaṛ) Ingrian: lava Irish: ceapach síl f Japanese: 苗床 (ja) (なえどこ, naedoko), 苗圃 (ja) (びょうほ, byōho) Korean: 묘상 (ko) (myosang), 묘포 (ko) (myopo) Maori: pārekereke, tāpapa Ottoman Turkish: یاصدق (yasdık) Polish: rozsadnik (pl) m, szkółka (pl) f Russian: расса́дник (ru) m (rassádnik), гря́дка (ru) f (grjádka) Spanish: semillero (es) m, almácigo (es) m, almáciga (es) f Swahili: kitalu Tamil: நாற்றங்கால் (ta) (nāṟṟaṅkāl), நாற்றுப்பாத்தி (ta) (nāṟṟuppātti), நாற்றங்கொல்லை (ta) (nāṟṟaṅkollai) Tibetan: སོན་ཞིང (son zhing)

figuratively: place conducive to development and attainment

Finnish: kasvualusta German: Nährboden (de) m Spanish: semillero (es) m