beehive

Meanings

Noun

• An enclosed structure in which some species of honey bees (genus Apis) live and raise their young.
• A man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey.
• Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.
• A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.
• A particular style of hat.
• A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.
• Alternative of Beehive
• In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life configuration with a rounded appearance.

Verb

• To fill (a place) with busy activity.

Origin

• From Middle English beehyve, equivalent to bee + hive.