Greenhouse
['griːnhaʊs] or ['ɡrinhaʊs]
Definition
(noun.) a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions.
(adj.) of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect; 'greenhouse gases' .
Edited by Lenore--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.
Checked by Adrienne
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Conservatory.
Typist: Sean
Examples
- Thus, we walked through Wemmick's greenhouse, until he turned to me and said, Notice the man I shall shake hands with. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- There's a greenhouse which opens into the drawing-room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- After one of the nights that I have spoken of, I came down into a greenhouse before breakfast. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But, by good fortune the greenhouse was not far off, and these words brought us to it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Editor: Nita