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apiary

UK/ˈeɪ.pi.ə.ɹi//ˈeɪ.pi.ɛɹ.i/

apiary noun: a place where bees and their hives are kept.

Noun

apiary (plural apiaries)

  1. A place where bees and their hives are kept.

apiary meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

apiary in Tamil

தேனீப் பண்ணை

apiary in Urdu

مَکھّی گھَر, مَگس خانَہ, مَصنُوعی چھَتّا

apiary in Bengali

a place where bees and hives are kept
মৌমাছি সংরক্ষণাগার mōumachi śoṅrokkhonagar, মৌমাছি পালনকেন্দ্র mōumachi palnokendro

apiary in Kannada

ಜೇನು ಸಾಕಣೆ, ಜೇನು ಸಂಗೋಪನೆ
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apiary in Arabic
مَنْحَل manḥal

Forms of apiary

pluralapiaries

Origin of apiary

17th century, from Latin apiārium, from apis (“bee”).

Words formed from apiary

Questions about apiary

What does apiary mean?
Apiary means a place where bees and their hives are kept.
What is apiary in Tamil?
Apiary in Tamil is தேனீப் பண்ணை. See Apiary meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is apiary?
Apiary is a noun.
How do you pronounce apiary?
Apiary is pronounced /ˈeɪ.pi.ə.ɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of apiary?
The plural of apiary is apiaries.

Words near apiary in the dictionary

  1. apiarians
  2. apiaries
  3. apiarist
  4. apiaristic
  5. apiarists
  6. apiary
  7. apiator
  8. apiators
  9. apic
  10. apic acid
  11. apic acids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: apiary (page history and authors); apiary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apiary (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apiary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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