hot bed
See also: hotbed
English
Alternative forms
- hotbed
Noun
hot bed (plural hot beds)
- A mass of organic matter decomposing and giving off heat from microbial metabolic action.
- A garden bed using such a heat-generating mass; a hotbox.
- A central point of activity, relating to a specific task.
- A bed shared by workers, sailors, or soldiers operating in shifts (named for the idea that it is still warm when the next occupant gets into it).
Verb
hot bed (third-person singular simple present hot beds, present participle hot bedding, simple past and past participle hot bedded)
- Reusing sleeping quarters in shifts.
- The crew of the submarine quickly got used to hot bedding.
- To farm using hotbeds for season extension.