Word: hothouse

Category: hothouse

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Synonyms: hothouse

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: hothouse

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spanish
Translations:
estufa, conservatorio
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german
Translations:
treibhaus, gewächshaus
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french
Translations:
serre, orangerie
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russian
Translations:
сушильня, оранжерея, теплица
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czech
Translations:
skleník
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polish
Translations:
oranżeria, konserwatorium, pomarańczarnia, cieplarnia, szklarnia
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ukrainian
Translations:
оранжерея, теплиця
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estonian
Translations:
kasvuhoone
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romanian
Translations:
seră
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slovak
Translations:
skleník

The meaning and "use of": hothouse

noun
  • a heated building, typically made largely of glass, for rearing plants out of season or in a climate colder than is natural for them. - I dream of rain, falling on everything, the dripping, peeling runnels of all gardens, from the grey sky through glass and hothouse , in the sowed order of this elder's place.
verb
  • educate (a child) to a high level at an earlier age than is usual. - We offer tangible value to the individuals behind the idea and then, by hothousing the concept, we offer investors a very sound proposition indeed.

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