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