Meaning

10 senses
  1. A school or clinic for orphans.

  2. (US)A music school.

    Konservatorium, Musikkonservatorium, Musikakademie

    консервато́рияkonservatórija

    консервато́ріяkonservatórija

  3. (uncommon)A greenhouse, a glass-walled building for cultivating delicate plants.

    Wintergarten, Gewächshaus, Pflanzenschauhaus

    оранжере́яoranžeréja, тепли́цаteplíca

    a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner

  4. (Ireland, UK)A solarium, a glass-walled and glass-roofed room in a house.

    Wintergarten

    зи́мний садzímnij sad

  5. A drama school.

  6. (obsolete)A medicine, especially a magical preservative.

  7. (archaic)A storehouse, a repository.

  8. (obsolete)An icehouse, a warehouse for ice.

  9. (obsolete)A cistern, an artificially collected body of water.

  10. (obsolete)A reservoir, an artificially maintained body of water.

Examples

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  1. Tom is eating in the conservatory.

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  2. Ziri used that conservatory for family dinners.

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  3. She studied flute and cello at conservatory.

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  4. Mary is preparing for her audition at the conservatory.

    ruМэри готовится к прослушиванию в консерватории.

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  5. Tom is preparing for his audition at the conservatory.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
school of music or drama — see also music school:
Русский
By meaning 3
school of music or drama — see also music school:
a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants:
a glass-walled and -roofed room in a house — see also sunroom, solarium:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
school of music or drama — see also music school:
a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants:

Origin

From Medieval Latin cōnservātōrium directly and via French conservatoire and Italian conse

From Medieval Latin cōnservātōrium directly and via French conservatoire and Italian conservatorio, from cōnservātus (“conserved, preserved”) + -ōrium (“-ory: forming related nouns”).

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Forms

plural: conservatories
Singularconservatory
Pluralconservatories

regular

Synonyms

14 synonyms
music school:music school
drama school:academy of dramadrama schooltheater schooltheatre school
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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