APIARY


Meaning of APIARY in English

/ay"pee er'ee/ , n. , pl. apiaries .

a place in which a colony or colonies of bees are kept, as a stand or shed for beehives or a bee house containing a number of beehives.

[ 1645-55; apiarium beehive, equiv. to api ( s ) bee + -arium -ARY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .