"forcing house" meaning in All languages combined

See forcing house on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: forcing houses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} forcing house (plural forcing houses)
  1. A place where plants are forced into maturity sooner than would naturally happen.
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  2. (figurative) Any place that promotes early development. Tags: figuratively Related terms: hothouse
    Sense id: en-forcing_house-en-noun-RINk2KDo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89

Inflected forms

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