beehive

  1. Noun.  (Mormonism) A 12-13 year old participant in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church.
  2. Proper noun.  (New Zealand) The common name for the executive wing of the New Zealand parliament buildings.
  3. Proper noun.  New Zealand government.
  4. Noun.  An enclosed structure in which some species of honey bees (genus ''Apis'') live and raise their young.
  5. Noun.  A man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey.
  6. Noun.  (figuratively) Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.
  7. Noun.  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.
  8. Noun.  A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.

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