Meaning of mother-hive | Babel Free
Definitions
- the principal or source hive of a colony of bees
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a location similarly serving as the source of a group of people idiomatic
Equivalents
Deutsch
Leibbiene
Examples
“A mother-hive of bees is 24 pence in value.”
“[John Whitman] came over in the True Love in 1640 to America and lived in Weymouth, Mass., which place became the mother-hive of the New Englanders of the name.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.