hothouse
pronunciation
How to pronounce hothouse in British English:
UK [ˈhɒthaʊs]
How to pronounce hothouse in American English:
US [ˈhɑːthaʊs]
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- Noun:
- a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner
Word Origin
- hothouse (n.)
- mid-15c., "bath house," from hot + house (n.). In 17c. a euphemism for "brothel" (similar to massage parlor); the meaning "glass-roofed structure for raising plants" is from 1749. Figurative use by 1802.
Synonym
Example
- 1. My old hero was a hothouse flower .
- 2. Hong kong is proving a hothouse of democracy , whatever the formal arrangements .
- 3. Hong kong can be a hothouse of media scrutiny as the scandal-tainted election for chief executive demonstrated .
- 4. Growing up in such a hothouse atmosphere , full of privilege and expectation , cannot be a relaxing experience .
- 5. Dr. miller came to prominence in the mid-1950s at harvard university , where he and colleague jerome bruner founded an intellectual hothouse known as the center for cognitive studies .