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n. A structure, primarily of glass, in which temperature and humidity can be controlled for the cultivation or protection of plants.

n. Slang A clear plastic bubble or shell covering part of an aircraft.

n. A building traditionally made of glass, but now also made from plastics such as polyethylene, in which plants are grown more rapidly than outside such a building by the action of heat from the sun, this heat being trapped inside by the glass or plastic.

n. A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.

n. A building, the roof and one or more sides of which consist of glazed frames, constructed for the purpose of cultivating exotic plants which are too tender to endure the open air during the colder parts of the year.

n. In ceramics, a house in which green or unfired pottery is dried before being submitted to the fire of the kiln.

n. a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions

adj. of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect

"Anyway, the Harvard Square ABP has a glassed-in greenhouse where you can sit and drink your warming beverage while looking out at the university -- and in the way of things, that greenhouse is inhabited by a couple of smart, fat sparrows who are much snugger (and smugger) than the sparrows still stuck outside."

building    edifice   

polytunnel    hothouse    cloche    orangery   

conservatory    indoor garden    hothouse    orangery   

greenhouse bug    greenhouse gas    greenhouse effect   

glass house   

conservatory    nursery    indoor    garage    barn    orchard    hothouse    warehouse    garden    farmhouse