alveary

Meaning

Noun

• A beehive, or anything resembling a beehive.
• The hollow of the external ear.
• A repository, especially of knowledge or information.

Origin

• From Latin alvearium ("beehive"). In the sense of the hollow of the ear, because it is where the wax accumulates. In the sense of a repository: originally the name of a dictionary encompassing several languages, because of the many contributors being like "busy bees".