A seedbed is an area of ground, usually with specially prepared earth, where young plants are grown from seed.
2. countable noun
You can refer to a place or a situation as a seedbed when it seems likely that a particular type of thing or person will develop in that place or situation.
TV is using radio as a seedbed for ideas. [+ for/of]
My region is a seedbed of crime.
seedbed in British English
(ˈsiːdˌbɛd)
noun
1.
a plot of land in which seeds or seedlings are grown before being transplanted
2.
the place where something develops
the seedbed of discontent
seedbed in American English
(ˈsidˌbɛd)
noun
a bed of soil, usually covered with glass, in which seedlings are grown for transplanting
Examples of 'seedbed' in a sentence
seedbed
It had been raked too, from shore to dune, like a neat seedbed.