breeding place
1breeding place — the exact locality where fish spawn. Also called spawning place …
2breeding ground — breeding grounds 1) N COUNT: usu sing, with supp, usu N for n If you refer to a situation or place as a breeding ground for something bad such as crime, you mean that this thing can easily develop in that situation or place. Flaws in the system… …
3breeding ground — breeding ,ground noun count 1. ) breeding ground for/of a situation or place in which bad things can easily begin to develop: The university was a breeding ground for political radicals. a ) used about good things: High school football has always …
4breeding ground — breeding .ground n 1.) a place or situation where something bad or harmful develops breeding ground for ▪ Overcrowded slums are breeding grounds for crime. 2.) a place where animals go in order to breed …
5breeding ground — n. 1. a place where many animals of a specified kind breed [swamps are breeding grounds for mosquitoes] 2. a place, condition, etc. that fosters some activity, idea, etc …
6breeding ground — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms breeding ground : singular breeding ground plural breeding grounds 1) a) a situation or place in which bad things can easily begin to develop breeding ground for/of: The university was a breeding ground for… …
7breeding ground — /ˈbridɪŋ graʊnd/ (say breeding grownd) noun 1. a place in which fish, birds, etc., collect to breed. 2. a place where insects spawn: pot plant saucers make breeding grounds for mosquitoes. 3. any organisation, community or social group which… …
8breeding ground — noun (C) 1 a place or situation where something bad or harmful grows and develops (+ for): overcrowded slums that are breeding grounds for crime 2 a place where animals go in order to breed: In spring, the birds migrate north to their breeding… …
9Breeding — Breed Breed, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breeding}.] [OE. breden, AS. br[=e]dan to nourish, cherish, keep warm, from br[=o]d brood; akin to D. broeden to brood, OHG. bruoten, G. br[ u]ten. See {Brood}.] 1. To produce as… …
10breeding ground — noun Date: 1630 1. the place to which animals go to breed 2. a place or set of circumstances suitable for or favorable to growth and development < hurricane breeding grounds > …
