greenhouse
Syllables: green·houseUK/ˈɡɹiːnhaʊs/US/ˈɡɹːnˌ(h)aʊs/
greenhouse noun: a building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.
Noun
greenhouse (plural greenhouses)
- A building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.
- The royal party had dined in the greenhouse, the coup d'œil of which was as striking as it was new. Vast stands of the most costly exotics reached to the glass roof, which was partly covered by a luxuriant vine, or by a small scarlet creeper.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 54–55
- Synonyms:
- conservatory, glasshouse, plant-house
- The glass of a plane's cockpit.
- In the slang of the Royal Air Force man, the cockpit of his plane is the ‘pulpit’ or ‘office’, the glass covering over it the ‘greenhouse’.1941 March 24, Life, page 85
- A public toilet.
- All kinds of places are good for ads. That quack doctor for the clap used to be stuck up in all the greenhouses.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 8: Laestrygonians]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 145
- A structure that shields the operating table to protect against bacteria.
- Figure 2.6 shows the diagram Charnley published of the airflow in the 'greenhouse'; it can be seen that reasonable downward unidirectional airflow was achieved close to the operating table.2010, William Whyte, Cleanroom Technology
- The greenhouse system for providing a nearly bacteria-free operating environment consists of a 10 by 10-foot aluminum frame with plexiglass panes forming three sides and a polyvinyl curtain forming the fourth side. […] However, the greenhouse contains its own light supply, while this is an extra...1972, Southern Hospitals, volumes 40-41, page 10
- A hot state in global climate.
Verb
greenhouse (third-person singular simple present greenhouses, present participle greenhousing, simple past and past participle greenhoused)
Proper noun capitalized: Greenhouse
Greenhouse (plural Greenhouses)
- A surname.
greenhouse meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
greenhouse in Hindi
- building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
- ग्रीनहाउस grīnhāus, हरितगृह haritgŕh
greenhouse in Tamil
- building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
- பசுமைக்குடில் pacumaikkuṭil, பைங்குடில் paiṅkuṭil
greenhouse in Marathi
- ग्रीनहाऊस, ग्रीनहाऊसिंग, ग्रीनहाउसिंग
greenhouse in Urdu
- building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
- گِرِین ہاؤُس girīn hāus, پَودا گَھر paudā ghar, گَرْم خانَہ garm xāna, حَرارَت خانَہ harārat xāna, ہَرِیاوَل گَھر hariyāval ghar
More languagesFewer languages
- greenhouse in Bengali
- গ্রীনহাউস grinhaus, আয়নাঘর aẏnaghor
- greenhouse in Malayalam
- ലതാഗൃഹം, പർണ്ണശാല, സസ്യങ്ങളുടെ കണ്ണാടിവീട്
- greenhouse in Kannada
- ಹಸಿರುಮನೆ
- greenhouse in Punjabi
- ਗ੍ਰੀਨਹਾਉਸ, ਗਰੀਨਹਾਊਸ, ਗ੍ਰੀਨਹਾਊਸਿੰਗ
- greenhouse in Gujarati
- ગ્રીનહાઉસ, હરિતગૃહ, ગ્રીનહાઉસીંગ
- greenhouse in Odia
- ଗ୍ରୀନହାଉସ୍, ଗ୍ରୀନ୍ହୌସ୍, ଗ୍ରୀନହାଉସିଂ
- greenhouse in Nepali
- ग्रीनहाउस, ग्रिनहाउस, ग्रीनहाउसिङ
- greenhouse in Pashto
- ګلخانه gwəlxāna
- greenhouse in Tagalog
- bahay-patubuan, bahay-pasibulan
- greenhouse in Arabic
- دَفِيئَة زِرَاعِيّة dafīʔa zirāʕiyya, دَفِيئَة dafīʔa, صُوبَة ṣūba
- greenhouse in Malay
- rumah hijau
- greenhouse in Indonesian
- rumah kaca
- greenhouse in Thai
- เรือนกระจก rʉʉan-grà-jòk
- greenhouse in Vietnamese
- nhà kính
- greenhouse in Myanmar
- ဖန်လုံအိမ် hpanlum-im
Examples of greenhouse in a sentence
- Termites and cows account for much greenhouse gas.
- Only two greenhouse gases get much attention.
- Plants in the greenhouse thrive in constant humidity.
Synonyms of greenhouse
Antonyms
Forms of greenhouse
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | greenhouses |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | greenhouses |
| present participle | greenhousing |
| past participle | greenhoused |
| past | greenhoused |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Greenhouses |
Origin of greenhouse
From green + house ("house for growing greens"), in reference to the produce grown within.
Words formed from greenhouse
Phrases with greenhouse
Questions about greenhouse
- What does greenhouse mean?
- Greenhouse means a building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.
- What is greenhouse in Hindi?
- Greenhouse in Hindi is ग्रीनहाउस (grīnhāus), हरितगृह (haritgŕh). See Greenhouse meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is greenhouse?
- Greenhouse can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce greenhouse?
- Greenhouse is pronounced /ˈɡɹiːnhaʊs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of greenhouse?
- The plural of greenhouse is greenhouses.
Words near greenhouse in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: greenhouse (page history and authors); Greenhouse (page history and authors); greenhouse (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); greenhouse (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); greenhouse (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); greenhouse (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); greenhouse (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); greenhouse (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); greenhouse (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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