Meaning

5 senses

  1. A building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.

    Gewächshaus, Treibhaus, Glashaus

    тепли́цаteplíca, парни́кparník, оранжере́яoranžeréja

    тепли́цяteplýcja, оранжере́яoranžeréja, парни́кparnýk

  2. (UK, dated, slang)The glass of a plane's cockpit.

  3. (Ireland, slang)A public toilet.

  4. A structure that shields the operating table to protect against bacteria.

  5. A hot state in global climate.

More definitions
  • a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions

Examples

69 sentences

  1. I grow orchids in my greenhouse.

    Я вирощую орхідеї в оранжереї. — deniko

    ruЯ выращиваю орхидеи в своей оранжерее. — Svetislava

    deIch züchte Orchideen in meinem Gewächshaus. — mayabe

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  2. They grow strawberries in their greenhouse.

    ruВ своей теплице они выращивают клубнику. — Wezel

    deSie bauen Erdbeeren in ihrem Gewächshaus an. — KonstantinLukas

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  3. Tom is in the greenhouse, isn't he?

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  4. Tom is planning to build a greenhouse in his garden.

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  5. CO₂ has a lot to do with the so-called greenhouse effect.

    ruCO2 имеет прямое отношение к так называемому парниковому эффекту. — marafon

    deCO2 hat viel mit dem so genannten Treibhauseffekt zu tun. — Wolf

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside:
Русский
By meaning 1
building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside:

Origin

From green + house ("house for growing greens"), in reference to the produce grown within.

From green + house ("house for growing greens"), in reference to the produce grown within.

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Forms

plural: greenhouses
Singulargreenhouse
Pluralgreenhouses

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
building used to grow plants out of season:conservatoryC1glasshouseplant-house
hothouse
Close in meaning
  • a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions:glasshouse

Antonyms

1 antonyms
icehouse

Word family

21 related words
Relatedgreengrocergreenscoldhousehothouseicehouseclochecold framegrowhousehotbedhotbox
Derivedgreenhouse buggreenhouse cockpitgreenhouse effectgreenhouse-friendlygreenhouse gasgreenhouselikegreenhouse sluggreenhouse warmingnongreenhousescreenhouseworldhouse

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
greenA2greenerygreengrocergreeninggreenishgreetA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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