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seedbed
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of SEEDBED
1
a place or environment that favors the development of something <a social and political environment that would later become a seedbed of the abolition movement>
2
the source from which something grows or develops <that think tank has served as a seedbed for American conservatism since the Cold War era>
Related Words font, fountain, spring, well, wellhead, wellspring; beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, genesis, inception, incipiency, launch, morning, onset, outset, start, threshold; creation, inauguration, origination
3
a point or place at which something is invented or provided <the historic role of the Middle East as a seedbed for new religions>
Related Words beginning, commencement, dawn, day one, genesis, get-go (also git-go), inception, incipience, incipiency, kickoff, launch, morning, nascence, nascency, onset, outset, start, threshold; baseline, first base, ground zero, square one
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