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beehive. Structure built of coursed rubble on a circular plan, each successive course slightly corbelled over the course below and slightly less in diameter so that, as each course is completed, a roughly conical or beehive-shaped thole or tholos is formed, actually covered with a corbelled or fake dome. The finest example from Antiquity is the Mycenaean ‘Treasury of Atreus’ (C13 BC). Inhabited beehive-houses in Southern Italy are called trulli, the prehistoric Sardinian versions of which are called nuraghi.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "beehive." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "beehive." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-beehive.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "beehive." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-beehive.html |
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bee·hive / ˈbēˌhīv/ • n. 1. a structure in which bees are kept, typically in the form of a dome or box. ∎ [usu. as adj.] something having the domed shape of a traditional wicker beehive: beehive huts beehive ovens. ∎ a busy, crowded place: the church became a beehive of activity. 2. a woman's domed and lacquered hairstyle, esp. popular in the 1960s. DERIVATIVES: bee·hived adj. (in sense 2). |
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"beehive." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "beehive." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-beehive.html "beehive." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-beehive.html |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "beehive." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "beehive." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-beehive.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "beehive." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-beehive.html |
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Beehive (star cluster): see Praesepe . |
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"Beehive." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Beehive." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Beehive.html "Beehive." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Beehive.html |
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•skydive • swan dive • nosedive
•swallow dive • scuba-dive • Argive
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"beehive." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "beehive." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-beehive.html "beehive." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-beehive.html |
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