apiary

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈeɪpɪərɪ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈeɪpiˌɛri/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ā′pē er′ē)

Inflections of 'apiary' (n): npl: apiaries

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
a•pi•ar•y /ˈeɪpiˌɛri/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -ies. 
  1. a place where bees are kept to produce honey.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
a•pi•ar•y  (ā′pē er′ē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ar•ies. 
  1. a place in which a colony or colonies of bees are kept, as a stand or shed for beehives or a bee house containing a number of beehives.
  • Latin apiārium beehive, equivalent. to api(s) bee + -ārium -ary
  • 1645–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
apiary / ˈeɪpɪərɪ/ ( -aries)
  1. a place where bees are kept, usually in beehives
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin apiārium from apis bee
'apiary' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
apiarian - apiarist - killer bee - vespiary

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