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Webster 1913 Edition


Hothouse

Hot′houseˊ

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Noun.
1.
A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened.
2.
A bagnio, or bathing house.
[Obs.]
Shak.
3.
A brothel; a bagnio.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
4.
(Pottery)
A heated room for drying green ware.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hothouse

HOT'HOUSE

,
Noun.
A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened.
1.
A bagnio, or place to sweat and cup in.
2.
A brothel.

Definition 2024


hothouse

hothouse

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English

Noun

hothouse (plural hothouses)

  1. A heated greenhouse.
  2. (figuratively) An environment in which growth or development is encouraged; a hotbed.
  3. (obsolete) A bagnio, or bathing house; a brothel.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
  4. A heated room for drying greenware.

Translations

Verb

hothouse (third-person singular simple present hothouses, present participle hothousing, simple past and past participle hothoused)

  1. (of a child) To provide with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development.