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breeding ground

breeding ground is the alternative form 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

Forms of breeding ground

pluralbreeding grounds

Questions about breeding ground

What is breeding ground the alternative form of?
Breeding ground is the alternative form of breeding-ground.

Words near breeding ground in the dictionary

  1. breedest
  2. breedeth
  3. breedin'
  4. breediness
  5. breeding
  6. breeding ground
  7. breeding grounds
  8. breeding hips
  9. breeding in the bone
  10. breeding like rabbits
  11. breeding true

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