Hothouse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A heated greenhouse for plants that require an even, relatively warm temperature.
  • n. An environment conducive to vigorous growth or development; a hotbed: "With its mix of African, Latin, European, and pan-American influences, the Caribbean is truly a musical hothouse” ( New Yorker).
  • adj. Grown in a hothouse: a hothouse orchid.
  • adj. Delicate and sensitive, as if from being grown in a hothouse.
  • v. To cultivate in a hothouse.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A heated greenhouse.
  • n. An environment in which growth or development is encouraged; a hotbed.
  • n. A bagnio, or bathing house; a brothel.
  • n. A heated room for drying greenware.
  • v. To provide with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened.
  • n. A bagnio, or bathing house.
  • n. A brothel; a bagnio.
  • n. A heated room for drying green ware.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A house in which to sweat and cup the body; a bath-house.
  • n. A brothel.
  • n. A structure kept artificially heated for the growth of tender exotic plants, or subtropical plants, or for the production of native fruits, flowers, etc., out of season.
  • n. In manufacturing, any heated chamber or building; a drying-room; specifically, the warmest drying-room in which green pottery is dried before going to the kiln.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner
    • Verb Form
    hothouses    hothousing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    greenhouse    nursery    glasshouse   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    brothel    bagnio   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    out-of-season    sweet-scented    ripest    subtropical    night-blooming   
     
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