BEEHIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beehive mean? 

• BEEHIVE (noun)
  The noun BEEHIVE has 4 senses:

1. any workplace where people are very busy

2. a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree

3. a hairdo resembling a beehive

4. a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees

  Familiarity information: BEEHIVE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEEHIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any workplace where people are very busy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("beehive" is a kind of...):

work; workplace (a place where work is done)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

beehive; hive

Hypernyms ("beehive" is a kind of...):

nest (a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young)

Meronyms (parts of "beehive"):

honeycomb (a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A hairdo resembling a beehive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("beehive" is a kind of...):

coif; coiffure; hair style; hairdo; hairstyle (the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair))

Sense 4

Meaning:

A man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

beehive; hive

Hypernyms ("beehive" is a kind of...):

receptacle (a container that is used to put or keep things in)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beehive"):

skep (a domed beehive made of twisted straw)

Holonyms ("beehive" is a part of...):

apiary; bee house (a shed containing a number of beehives)

 Context examples 

Administration of a veterinary medicinal product by placing in or sprinkling over a beehive.

(In Beehive Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

Plastic is not the natural food of the wax worm, but researchers say that since they lay their eggs in beehives, the hatchlings feed on beeswax.

(Plastic Eating Worm Could Help Ease Pollution, VOA)

Years ago, in 1984, Paul Stamets had noticed a “continuous convoy of bees” traveling from a patch of mushrooms he was growing and his beehives.

(Mushroom Extract Could Help Save Bees from Virus, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)