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forcing houses

forcing houses is the plural of forcing house.

Meaning of forcing house

Noun

forcing house (plural forcing houses)

  1. A place where plants are forced into maturity sooner than would naturally happen.
  2. (figuratively) Any place that promotes early development.
    • Princeton University, forcing house for leaders of the Presbyterian Awakening, was a ready source of morale-boosting sermons and literature, and its Scottish President, John Witherspoon, was a leading figure in the Continental Congress through the revolutionary years.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 763

Questions about forcing houses

What is forcing houses the plural of?
Forcing houses is the plural of forcing house.

Words near forcing houses in the dictionary

  1. forcing
  2. forcing down someone's throat
  3. forcing function
  4. forcing functions
  5. forcing house
  6. forcing houses
  7. forcing one's way
  8. forcing out
  9. forcing someone's hand
  10. forcing something down someone's throat
  11. forcing the pace

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