[
US
/ˈhɑtˌhaʊs/
]
[ UK /hˈɒthaʊs/ ]
[ UK /hˈɒthaʊs/ ]
NOUN
- a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner
How To Use hothouse In A Sentence
- They live in a small hothouse - filled with plants - that is supposed to simulate a rain forest.
- Mould - breaking strategies grow initially like weeds. They are not cultivated like tomatoes in a hothouse.
- Hothouse plants do not possess exuberant vitality.
- It was a hothouse artistic environment to grow up in. Times, Sunday Times
- But there is a danger also: a person reared in such a hothouse environment may wilt once he or she steps into the broader society. Christianity Today
- But if you've never grown orchids before, you may wonder: Can you grow these hothouse beauties without a greenhouse?
- The Irishman sitting between Scottie Brown and Kevin Thomson would positively hothouse the development of these two superb prospects, and Keane will have that effect on Celtic's youngsters.
- The science and technology hothouse is built on land that was once part of RAF Martlesham Heath.
- Careful, many of the miniatures sold at florists or checkouts around the country are hothouse plants that won't take any cold at all; make sure to ask.
- The central glasshouse had two lean-to hothouses, one dry for cacti, the other humid for tropical plants.