greenhouse
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greenhouse¹
- /ˈɡɹiːnhaʊs/ UK
- /ˈɡɹːnˌ(h)aʊs/ US
Where it comes from
From green + house ("house for growing greens"), in reference to the produce grown within.
noun greenhouses
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A building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.
The royal party had dined in the greenhouse, the coup d'œil of which was as striking as it was new. Vast stands of the most costly exotics reached to the glass roof, which was partly covered by a luxuriant vine, or by a small scarlet creeper.
Similar: conservatory, glasshouse, plant-house
- The glass of a plane's cockpit. In the slang of the Royal Air Force man, the cockpit of his plane is the ‘pulpit’ or ‘office’, the glass covering over it the ‘greenhouse’.
- A public toilet. All kinds of places are good for ads. That quack doctor for the clap used to be stuck up in all the greenhouses.
- A structure that shields the operating table to protect against bacteria. Figure 2.6 shows the diagram Charnley published of the airflow in the 'greenhouse'; it can be seen that reasonable downward unidirectional airflow was achieved close to the operating table.
- A hot state in global climate.
verb greenhouses · greenhousing · greenhoused
- To place (plants) in a greenhouse.
- To nurture in order to promote growth. It's almost impossible to make judgements when you're being playful – as by definition it's spontaneous activity – so your baby ideas get nurtured and greenhoused better.
Greenhouse²
proper noun Greenhouses
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: glasshouse, nursery, oven, glass, gas, stove, warming, poly, whitefly, talon, squeeze, occlusion, shake, reduction, tight, conservatory
Translations
Every language
noun building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
| Español | invernadero, invernáculo, estufa |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 온실 onsil |
| 日本語 | 温室 onshitsu, ハウス hausu |
| 中文 | 溫室 /温室 wēnshì |
| हिन्दी | ग्रीनहाउस grīnhāus, हरितगृह haritgŕh |
| Português | viveiro, estufa |
| Français | serre |
| Deutsch | Gewächshaus, Treibhaus, Glashaus |
| Italiano | serra |
| Ελληνικά | θερμοκήπιο thermokípio |
| Română | seră |
| Русский | тепли́ца teplíca, парни́к parník, оранжере́я oranžeréja |
| Tiếng Việt | nhà kính |
| العربية | دَفِيئَة زِرَاعِيّة dafīʔa zirāʕiyya, دَفِيئَة dafīʔa, صُوبَة ṣūba |
| עברית | חֲמָמָה khamamá |
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title = {greenhouse},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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