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Meaning of mother-hive | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. the principal or source hive of a colony of bees
  2. 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.
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See also

mother-in-law mother-in-law apartment mother-in-law sandwich mother-in-law seat mother-in-law style mother-in-law's cushion

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