apiary

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: a=pi=ar=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

apiary, n. [L. apiarium, fr. apis bee.].

 A place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees; a beehouse.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

apiary, n. (pl. -ies) a place where bees are kept.

Derivative

apiarist n.

Etymology

L apiarium f. apis bee

ROGET THESAURUS

apiary

Husbandry

N husbandry, taming, circuration, zoohygiantics, domestication, domesticity, manege, veterinary art, farriery, breeding, pisciculture, menagerie, vivarium, zoological garden, bear pit, aviary, apiary, alveary, beehive, hive, aquarium, fishery, duck pond, fish pond, phthisozoics, euthanasia, sacrifice, humane destruction, neatherd, cowherd, shepherd, grazier, drover, cowkeeper, trainer, breeder, apiarian, apiarist, bull whacker, cowboy, cow puncher, farrier, horse leech, horse doctor, vaquero, veterinarian, vet, veterinary surgeon, cage, hencoop, bird cage, cauf, range, sheepfold, pastoral, bucolic, tame, domestic.