Mother-hive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mother-hive is a noun meaning the principal or source hive of a colony of bees.
Meaning
the principal or source hive of a colony of bees.
More Meanings
- (idiomatic) a location similarly serving as the source of a group of people
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- mother-hives
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hive, bee-hive, superhive, beehiving, honeyhole, hiveful.
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