bee
bee /b'iː/ (bees)
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A bee is an insect with a yellow-and-black striped body that makes a buzzing noise as it flies. Bees make honey, and can sting.
2 [PHRASE] V and bee inflect, oft PHR about n
If you have a bee in your bonnet about something, you are so enthusiastic or worried about it that you keep mentioning it or thinking about it.
He's got a bee in his bonnet about factory farming.
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A bee is a social event where people get together for a competition or to do something such as sew. (AM)
That year I won first prize in the spelling bee...kill|er bee (killer bees)
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A killer bee is a type of bee which is very aggressive and likely to attack and sting people.
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A bee is an insect with a yellow-and-black striped body that makes a buzzing noise as it flies. Bees make honey, and can sting.
2 [PHRASE] V and bee inflect, oft PHR about n
If you have a bee in your bonnet about something, you are so enthusiastic or worried about it that you keep mentioning it or thinking about it.
He's got a bee in his bonnet about factory farming.
3 [N-COUNT] usu n N
A bee is a social event where people get together for a competition or to do something such as sew. (AM)
That year I won first prize in the spelling bee...kill|er bee (killer bees)
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A killer bee is a type of bee which is very aggressive and likely to attack and sting people.