Synonyms for hothouse


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hot-hous
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɒtˌhaʊs

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Définition of hothouse

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "bath house," from hot + house (n.). In 17c. a euphemism for "brothel" (cf. massage parlor); the meaning "glass-roofed structure for raising plants" is from 1749. Figurative use by 1802.
  • As in garden : noun cultivated plants, flowers
Example sentences :
  • It is with the Hindu mind as if a seed were placed in a hothouse.
  • Extract from : « Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I » by Friedrich Max Mller
  • No; it is still the spirits' home—a hothouse for sickly plants.
  • Extract from : « The Sand-Hills of Jutland » by Hans Christian Andersen
  • All the stock of hothouse and stove plants at Hartwell Priory.
  • Extract from : « A Dark Night's Work » by Elizabeth Gaskell
  • It is as hot as fire here, and the park has that steamy smell that a hothouse has.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Rachael » by Kathleen Norris
  • She always looked like a hothouse flower, and now she is simply frail.
  • Extract from : « The Blower of Bubbles » by Arthur Beverley Baxter
  • As in a hothouse, a marvellous vegetation flourished in the carcass.
  • Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker
  • Just imagine, hothouse strawberries at one and sixpence a basket!
  • Extract from : « Married » by August Strindberg
  • A few grapes out of the hothouse had supported her for the last week.
  • Extract from : « The Eustace Diamonds » by Anthony Trollope
  • Treat yourself like a hothouse plant or you will not soon be rid of your cough.
  • Extract from : « Letters of Anton Chekhov » by Anton Chekhov
  • Hothouse flowers were in profusion; hothouse fruit graced the table.
  • Extract from : « Light O' The Morning » by L. T. Meade

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