"hothouse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: hothouses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English hothous, equivalent to hot + house. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hothous}} Middle English hothous, {{compound|en|hot|house}} hot + house Head templates: {{en-noun}} hothouse (plural hothouses)
  1. A heated greenhouse. Categories (topical): Buildings Translations (heated greenhouse): парник (parnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), оранжерия (oranžerija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), verwarmde serre [masculine] (Dutch), lämmitettävä kasvihuone (Finnish), Treibhaus [neuter] (German), Gewächshaus [neuter] (German), Glashaus [neuter] (German), Tepidarium [neuter, obsolete] (German), Warmhaus [neuter] (German), melegház (Hungarian), üvegház (Hungarian), teplico (Ido), 温室 (onshitsu) (Japanese), cieplarnia [feminine] (Polish), тепли́ця (teplýcja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-hothouse-en-noun-6c5B1v1k Disambiguation of Buildings: 12 5 20 28 3 24 7 Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 11 9 26 8 11 22 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 14 7 22 20 8 20 10 Disambiguation of 'heated greenhouse': 54 5 2 3 5 31
  2. (figurative) An environment in which growth or development is encouraged naturally or artificially; a hotbed. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-hothouse-en-noun-MShnRvMz
  3. An environment full of conflict or plots. Categories (topical): Buildings
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  4. (obsolete) A bagnio, or bathing house; a brothel. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Buildings
    Sense id: en-hothouse-en-noun-IlZm4Z5u Disambiguation of Buildings: 12 5 20 28 3 24 7 Categories (other): Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 14 7 22 20 8 20 10
  5. A heated room for drying greenware. Translations (heated room for drying greenware): сушилня (sušilnja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), kuivaamo (Finnish), Trockenraum [masculine] (German), صوبا (soba) (Ottoman Turkish)
    Sense id: en-hothouse-en-noun-Inqf6koJ Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 11 9 26 8 11 22 12 Disambiguation of 'heated room for drying greenware': 8 2 2 1 81 5
  6. (climatology) A hot state in global climate. Categories (topical): Climatology, Buildings, Gardens Synonyms: greenhouse
    Sense id: en-hothouse-en-noun-d~TCkYqi Disambiguation of Buildings: 12 5 20 28 3 24 7 Disambiguation of Gardens: 25 12 10 3 5 40 5 Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 11 9 26 8 11 22 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 14 7 22 20 8 20 10 Topics: climatology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hot-house Derived forms: hothouse effect, hothouse flower Translations (environment that encourages development): разсадник (razsadnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), hautomo (Finnish), vivier [masculine] (French), Treibhaus [neuter] (German), förderliche Umgebung [feminine] (German), táptalaj (Hungarian)
Disambiguation of 'environment that encourages development': 6 33 38 4 5 14

Verb [English]

Forms: hothouses [present, singular, third-person], hothousing [participle, present], hothoused [participle, past], hothoused [past]
Etymology: From Middle English hothous, equivalent to hot + house. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hothous}} Middle English hothous, {{compound|en|hot|house}} hot + house Head templates: {{en-verb}} hothouse (third-person singular simple present hothouses, present participle hothousing, simple past and past participle hothoused)
  1. (transitive) To provide (a child) with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development. Tags: transitive Related terms: forcing house
    Sense id: en-hothouse-en-verb-y48gzuWn Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 11 9 26 8 11 22 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hot-house

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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