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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hot•house /ˈhɑtˌhaʊs/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Botanyan artificially heated building, esp. a greenhouse, for the growing of tender plants.
adj. [before a noun] - Botanygrown in a hothouse:hothouse tomatoes.
- overprotected:a spoiled, hothouse child.
- favoring rapid development:a hothouse environment for new ideas.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hot•house (hot′hous′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -hous•es (-hou′ziz),USA pronunciation adj. n. - Botanyan artificially heated greenhouse for the cultivation of tender plants.
adj. - Botanyof, pertaining to, or noting a plant grown in a hothouse, or so fragile as to be capable of being grown only in a hothouse.
- overprotected, artificial, or unnaturally delicate.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hothouse /ˈhɒtˌhaʊs/ n - a greenhouse in which the temperature is maintained at a fixed level above that of the surroundings
- (as modifier): a hothouse plant
- an environment that encourages rapid development
- (as modifier): a hot-house atmosphere
- (modifier) informal often censorious sensitive or delicate: a hothouse temperament
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