Definition of Breeding ground

1. Noun. A place where animals breed.

Specialized synonyms: Pesthole, Rookery
Generic synonyms: Parcel, Parcel Of Land, Piece Of Ground, Piece Of Land, Tract

Definition of Breeding ground

1. Noun. (alternative form of breeding-ground) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Breeding Ground

breed like rabbits
breedable
breedbate
breedbates
breede
breeded
breeder material
breeder reactor
breeders
breedes
breedeth
breeding-ground
breeding-grounds
breeding ground (current term)
breedings
breedism
breedist
breeds
breeks
breem
breer
breered
breering
breers
brees
breese
breeses
breeze

Literary usage of Breeding ground

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Adirondack: Or, Life in the Woods by Joel Tyler Headley (1869)
"DESCRIPTION OF MUD LAKE—EXPLORING ITS INLETS- VAST NATURAL MEADOWS—APPEARANCE OF BREEDING-GROUND OF THE MOOSE—KILL A DEER—NIGHT- HUNTING AFTER A ..."

2. Amongst the Shans by Archibald Ross Colquhoun, Holt Samuel Hallett, Terrien de Lacouperie (1885)
"... tigers and crocodiles —Chasing deer—Killing a rhinoceros—Buffaloes our foes- Pocketing the French flag—The breeding-ground of our cattle —Cattle disease ..."

3. Three Years in Western China: A Narrative of Three Journeys in Ssǔ-chúan by Alexander Hosie (1890)
"... —breeding ground of the Yiin-nan pony—Trade route to Tonquin—Marching knee-deep in mud and water—Poverty of inhabitants—Queen's birthday dinner in a ..."

4. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas F. Byrnes (1892)
"The Historic Five Points — Breeding-Ground of Crime — Dirty Homes and Hard Faces— " The ... It was for years the breeding-ground of crime of every order, ..."

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