hothousenoun
uk/ˈhɒt.haʊs/us/ˈhɑːt.haʊs/hothouse noun (FOR PLANTS)
[ C ] a heated glass building in which plants are grown:
hothouse tomatoes
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Garden buildings & structures
- bird table
- birdbath
- cloche
- cold frame
- conservatory
- folly
- gazebo
- glasshouse
- gnome
- greenhouse
- outbuilding
- outhouse
- polytunnel
- potting shed
- shed
- sleepout
- summerhouse
- water feature
- woodshed
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hothouse noun (EDUCATION)
[ C usually singular ] often disapproving a place or environment in which people, especially children, are taught to develop skills and knowledge more quickly than usual:
He was attracted by the hothouse atmosphere of Britain's top schools.
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Types of education
- adult education
- apprenticeship
- blended learning
- classroom
- coeducation
- consciousness-raising
- continuing education
- e-learning
- educational
- educative
- further education
- heuristic
- higher
- mainstream
- mixed-ability
- nursery
- remedial
- scholarship
- scholastic
- secondary
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hothouse noun (BUSY PLACE)
[ C ] a place where there is a lot of a particular activity:
a literary/political hothouse
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Busy and active
- a hive of activity/industry idiom
- arena
- be (as) busy as a bee idiom
- be all go idiom
- be at work idiom
- be back in harness idiom
- buzz
- foot
- girlie swot
- hard-working
- harness
- have (got) sth on
- have sth on your plate idiom
- knee-deep
- mad
- spread
- spurt
- stimulating
- tie sb up
- well away idiom
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