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hotbed

/'hɑt,bɛd/

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noun
a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants
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a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad)
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"it was a hotbed of vice"

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situation state of affairs

Examples of hotbed

"it was a hotbed of vice"