"forcing house" meaning in English

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Noun

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. Related terms: hothouse
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  2. (figurative) Any place that promotes early development. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-forcing_house-en-noun-RINk2KDo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93

Inflected forms

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