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HOTHOUSE
conservatory, hothouse, indoor garden
(noun) a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hothouse (plural hothouses)
A heated greenhouse.
(figurative) An environment in which growth or development is encouraged naturally or artificially; a hotbed.
(obsolete) A bagnio, or bathing house; a brothel.
A heated room for drying greenware.
(climatology) A hot state in global climate.
Synonym: greenhouse
Antonym: icehouse
Verb
hothouse (third-person singular simple present hothouses, present participle hothousing, simple past and past participle hothoused)
(of a child) To provide with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development.
Source: Wiktionary
Hot"house`, n.
1. 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.
2. A bagnio, or bathing house. [Obs.] Shak.
3. A brothel; a bagnio. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
4. (Pottery)
Definition: A heated room for drying green ware.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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