HOTHOUSES

Noun

hothouses

plural of hothouse

Verb

hothouses

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hothouse

Source: Wiktionary


HOTHOUSE

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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