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beehive noun ( CONTAINER )

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Definition

a container shaped like a box in which bees are kept so that their honey can be collected

(Definition of beehive noun (CONTAINER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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