seedbed

English

Etymology

From seed +‎ bed.

Noun

seedbed (plural seedbeds)

1. Ground prepared for the planting of seeds.
2. (figuratively) A place conducive to development and attainment.

   Synonym: hotbed

   Paris was a seedbed of artistic creation in the 1920s.

Translations

ground prepared for planting of seeds

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 苗床 (zh) (miáochuáng), 苗圃 (zh) (miáopǔ)

• Finnish: kylvöpenkki
• Galician: morteiro (gl) m, pebideiro m, alcouve (gl) m, porral m, sementeiro (gl) m
• German: Saatbett n, Saatbeet n
• Hindi: बीअड़ f (bīaṛ)
• Ingrian: lava
• Irish: ceapach síl f
• Japanese: 苗床 (ja) (なえどこ, naedoko), 苗圃 (びょうほ, byōho)
• Korean: 묘상 (ko) (myosang), 묘포 (ko) (myopo)
• Maori: pārekereke, tāpapa
• Ottoman Turkish: یاصدق (yasdık)
• Polish: rozsadnik (pl) m, szkółka (pl) f
• Russian: расса́дник (ru) m (rassádnik), гря́дка (ru) f (grjádka)
• Spanish: semillero, almácigo (es) m, almáciga (es) f
• Swahili: kitalu
• Tamil: நாற்றங்கால் (ta) (nāṟṟaṅkāl), நாற்றுப்பாத்தி (ta) (nāṟṟuppātti), நாற்றங்கொல்லை (ta) (nāṟṟaṅkollai)
• Tibetan: སོན་ཞིང (son zhing)

figuratively: place conducive to development and attainment

• Finnish: kasvualusta
• German: Nährboden (de) m
• Spanish: semillero