'Hothouse' definitions:
Definition of 'hothouse'
(from WordNet)
noun
A greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner [syn: conservatory, hothouse, indoor garden]
Definition of 'Hothouse'
From: GCIDE
- Hothouse \Hot"house`\, n.
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A bagnio, or bathing house. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A brothel; a bagnio. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Pottery) A heated room for drying green ware. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hothouse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- babied,
- cloche,
- coddled,
- cold frame,
- conservatory,
- coolhouse,
- dainty,
- delicate,
- forcing bed,
- forcing house,
- forcing pit,
- fragile,
- frail,
- glasshouse,
- greenhouse,
- hotbed,
- lathhouse,
- nursery,
- orangery,
- pampered,
- pinery,
- seedbed,
- sensitive,
- sheltered,
- shielded,
- spoiled,
- summerhouse