beehive
(biːhaɪv )
Word forms: beehives
1. countable noun
A beehive is a structure in which bees are kept, designed so that the beekeeper can collect the honey that they produce.
2. countable noun
A beehive is a hairstyle for women in which the hair is piled up onto the top of the head into a high rounded shape.
She wore butterfly glasses and had a beehive hairdo.
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beehive hairdo
She also tells of how she would tuck emeralds into her beehive hairdo or pack them into her son's nappies for smuggling.
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The band's name comes from a particular beehive hairdo resembling the nose cone of the aircraft of the same name.
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Cat's flicks are de rigueurthese days, and beehive hairdos aren't far behind.
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