Nährboden — meaning in English

English meaning

• hotbed noun A place or situation where something, especially something undesirable, develops quickly and intensely.
• substrate noun The surface or material that something is built on, grown on, or attached to.

Senses

Nährboden is used for these senses in English:

• breeding-ground (figuratively) A place or institution seen as creating large numbers of a stated thing, type of person, etc.
• hotbed (by extension) An environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable.
• seedbed (figuratively) A place conducive to development and attainment.
• substrate (biology) A surface on which an organism grows, or to which an organism or an item is attached.

substrate — full definition

1. noun The surface or material that something is built on, grown on, or attached to.
2. noun In biochemistry, the molecule that an enzyme acts on and converts into a product.
3. noun In ecology, the material at the bottom of a habitat in which organisms live or on which they feed.

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