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Synonyms for bee-hive

Most common

hive apiary skep hive of activity alveary

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Noun

1. Hive — A sheltered place where bees, usually honey bees (genus Apis), live. A man-made structure in which honey bees…

hive, apiary, skep

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A sheltered place where bees, usually honey bees (genus Apis), live. A man-made structure in which honey bees are kept so that humans can harvest their honey.

Related words

Word family
beehiver bee
Other spellings
beehive

Forms

Plural
bee-hives → hives, apiaries, skeps, alvearies…

Example sentences

  • hive On average, each hive had eighty pounds of honey.
  • apiary In the apiary, there were numerous beehives.

By length

4 letters
hive1, skep
6 letters
apiary
7 letters
alveary

In other languages

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ruche
Italiano
alveare
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colmena
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Bienenstock
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