Thesaurus: 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.
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- n. 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.
- n. A bagnio, or bathing house.
- n. A brothel; a bagnio.
- n. A heated room for drying green ware.
- n. a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner
- 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.
- n:100 n a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner