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bee /biː/ noun [countable]
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Synonyms & Related Wordsbee[noun]Synonyms: caprice, boutade, conceit, crotchet, fancy, freak, humor, megrim, vagary, whim
Related Words: idea,
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English Dictionarybee /biː/
noun [countable][
Language: Old English;
Origin: beo]
1. a black and yellow flying insect that makes
honey and can sting you:
a swarm of bees
a bee sting ⇒
bumblebee2. have a bee in your bonnet (about something) informal to think something is so important, so necessary etc that you keep mentioning it or thinking about it:
Dad’s got a bee in his bonnet about saving electricity.3. sewing/quilting etc bee American English informal an occasion when people, usually women, meet in order to do a particular type of work
4. a busy bee spoken someone who enjoys being busy or active
5. be the bee’s knees spoken old-fashioned to be very good:
She thought the party was just the bee’s knees. ⇒
spelling bee, ⇒
the birds and the bees at
bird(3)
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Collocationsbee noun ADJ. bumble (also
bumblebee),
honey, killer | queen, worker | angry He was stung by thousands of angry bees. QUANT. swarm BEE + VERB buzz, hum A bee buzzed in my ear.
sting (sb) | fly, swarm The bees swarmed round the hive. BEE + NOUN hive (also
beehive)
| sting | keeper (also
bee-keeper)
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