SEEDBED


Meaning of SEEDBED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ si:dbed ]

also seed-bed

( seedbeds)

1.

A seedbed is an area of ground, usually with specially prepared earth, where young plants are grown from seed.

N-COUNT

2.

You can refer to a place or a situation as a seedbed when it seems likely that a particular type of thing or person will develop in that place or situation.

TV is using radio as a seedbed for ideas...

N-COUNT : oft N for/of n

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