Meaning of HOTHOUSE
| Pronunciation: | | 'hât`haws
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[n] a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner |
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HOTHOUSE is a 8 letter word that starts with H. |
| | Synonyms: | | conservatory, indoor garden |
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| | See Also: | | glasshouse, greenhouse, nursery | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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) A heated room for drying green ware.
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| | Related Terms: | | babied, cloche, coddled, cold frame, conservatory, coolhouse, dainty, delicate, forcing bed, forcing house, forcing pit, fragile, frail, glasshouse, greenhouse, hotbed, lathhouse, nursery, orangery, pampered, pinery, seedbed, sensitive, sheltered, shielded, spoiled, summerhouse |
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