greenhouse

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
  • Adjective:
    of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect

Word Origin

greenhouse (n.)
also green-house, 1660s, from green (n.) + house (n.). Greenhouse effect attested from 1937.

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Example

1. Flaring has a significant effect on greenhouse gas emissions .
2. Greenhouse gas emissions have also risen .
3. Asian growth belches out greenhouse gases .
4. Nitrous oxide is also a greenhouse gas .
5. Worried about greenhouse gas emissions ?

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