Conservatory
[kən'sɜːvət(ə)rɪ] or [kən'sɝvətɔri]
Definition
(noun.) a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner.
(noun.) a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts.
(noun.) the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts.
Editor: Tod--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
(n.) That which preserves from injury.
(n.) A place for preserving anything from loss, decay, waste, or injury; particulary, a greenhouse for preserving exotic or tender plants.
(n.) A public place of instruction, designed to preserve and perfect the knowledge of some branch of science or art, esp. music.
Inputed by Laura
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Repository, storehouse.[2]. Greenhouse.
Editor: Oswald
Examples
- Let yourself into the garden, and make your way in by the conservatory door. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- An hour afterwards, I heard them at high words in the conservatory, with the dog-rose once more at the bottom of the dispute. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It isn't a bit hotter here than in Mrs. Van Osburgh's conservatory--and some of the women are not a bit uglier. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I passed through the garden; entered the conservatory; and crossed the small drawing-room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The thick, warm air of the conservatory and the rich, choking fragrance of exotic plants took us by the throat. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- As I like sweets, and jams, and comfits, and conservatory flowers. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In Frank's last letter she complained, he said, of being too weak to get into her conservatory without having both his arm and his uncle's! Jane Austen. Emma.
- The scene in the Brys' conservatory had been like a part of her dreams; she had not expected to wake to such evidence of its reality. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I sent to the conservatory to say that I wished to speak to the Sergeant directly. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It is set in an environment of woods and sweeps of lawn, flanked by unusually large conservatories, and always bright in summer with glowing flower beds. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Asking for my lady, and hearing that she was in one of the conservatories, we went round to the gardens at the back, and sent a servant to seek her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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