Greenhouse

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Greenhouse \Green"house`\, n.
     A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered
     from the weather.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  greenhouse
       adj : of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect;
             "greehouse gases"
       n : a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation
           and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
           [syn: {nursery}, {glasshouse}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "greenhouse":
     alcove, arbor, bower, cloche, cold frame, conservatory, coolhouse,
     forcing bed, forcing house, forcing pit, gazebo, glasshouse,
     hotbed, hothouse, kiosk, lathhouse, nursery, orangery, pergola,
     pinery, retreat, seedbed, summerhouse