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1. (n.) hothouse
an artificially heated greenhouse for the cultivation of tender plants.
2. hothouse
a place favoring rapid growth; hotbed.
3. hothouse
Obs. a brothel.
4. (adj.) hothouse
of or pertaining to a plant grown in, or capable of being grown only in, a hothouse.
5. hothouse
overprotected, artificial, or unnaturally delicate.
6. (v.t.) hothouse
to cultivate in a hothouse.
7. hothouse
to educate (children) at an unusually early age.
Etymology: (1505–15)
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| Definition of 'hothouse' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) conservatory, hothouse, indoor garden
a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner
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| Definition of 'hothouse' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) hothouse
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. (noun) hothouse
a bagnio, or bathing house
3. (noun) hothouse
a brothel; a bagnio
4. (noun) hothouse
a heated room for drying green ware
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Sense: a glass-house kept warm for growing plants in
He grows orchids in his hothouse.
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 Afrikaans: kweekhuis, broeikas |
 Arabic: بَيْت زُجاجي لِتَرْبِيَة |
 Bulgarian: парник |
 Brazilian: estufa |
 Czech: skleník, pařeniště |
 German: das Treibhaus |
 Danish: drivhus |
 Greek: θερμοκήπιο |
 Spanish: invernadero |
 Estonian: kasvuhoone |
 Farsi: گلخانه شيشه اي براي پرورش |
 Finnish: kasvihuone |
 French: serre (chaude) |
 Hebrew: חֲמָמָה |
 Hindi: उष्ण कक्ष |
 Croatian: staklenik |
 Hungarian: üvegház |
 Indonesian: rumah kaca |
 Icelandic: gróðurhús |
 Italian: serra |
 Japanese: 温室 |
 Korean: 온실 |
 Lithuanian: šiltnamis |
 Latvian: siltumnīca |
 Malay: rumah tanaman |
 Dutch: broeikas |
 Norwegian: driv-/veksthus |
 Polish: cieplarnia |
 Persian: گلخانه شيشه اي براي پرورش |
 Pashto: د ګیاه روزنه ،ښیښی ګلخانه |
 Portuguese: estufa |
 Romanian: seră |
 Russian: теплица |
 Slovak: skleník, parenisko |
 Slovenian: rastlinjak |
 Serbian: staklena bašta |
 Swedish: drivhus, växthus |
 Thai: เรือนกระจกสำหรับปลูกต้นไม |
 Turkish: sera, limonluk, ser |
 Taiwanese: 溫室 |
 Ukrainian: оранжерея, теплиця |
 Urdu: پودوں کی پرورش گاہ |
 Vietnamese: nhà kính |
 Chinese: 温室 |
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