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breeding-grounds

breeding-grounds is the plural of breeding-ground.

Meaning of breeding-ground

Noun

breeding-ground (plural breeding-grounds)

  1. A place or region where animals go to breed.
  2. (figuratively) A place or institution seen as creating large numbers of a stated thing, type of person, etc.
    • Harris criticized the report's emphasis on enforcement, noting that, "Putting people in jail won't stop the virus from spreading." In fact, prisons are virtual breeding grounds for AIDS, due to lack of safer sex and safer drug use education, condoms and uncontaminated needles.1988 August 13, Mark O'Malley, “The Report of the Presidential Commission on HIV: An Analysis”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 5, page 3

Questions about breeding-grounds

What is breeding-grounds the plural of?
Breeding-grounds is the plural of breeding-ground.

Words near breeding-grounds in the dictionary

  1. breeding in the bone
  2. breeding like rabbits
  3. breeding true
  4. breeding up
  5. breeding-ground
  6. breeding-grounds
  7. breedings
  8. breedism
  9. breedist
  10. breedists
  11. Breedlove

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