HOTBED


Meaning of HOTBED in English

hot ‧ bed /ˈhɒtbed $ ˈhɑːt-/ BrE AmE noun

a hotbed of something a place where a lot of a particular type of activity, especially bad or violent activity, happens:

the university was a hotbed of radical protest

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.