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polytunnels

polytunnels is the plural of polytunnel.

Meaning of polytunnel

Noun

polytunnel (plural polytunnels)

  1. A tunnel made of polyethylene, used to grow plants that require a higher temperature and/or humidity than that which is available in the environment.
    • Regan and her team decide which of the farm's 3,000 polytunnels of strawberries will be dedicated to Wimbledon a few weeks before the tournament, and they choose from among the roughly 800 seasonal workers for roles on the coveted picking operation.2023 July 14, The New York Times, “The Strawberry Fields of Wimbledon”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2023
    Synonyms:
    polyhouse

Questions about polytunnels

What is polytunnels the plural of?
Polytunnels is the plural of polytunnel.

Words near polytunnels in the dictionary

  1. polytungstates
  2. polytungstic
  3. polytungstic acid
  4. polytungstic acids
  5. polytunnel
  6. polytunnels
  7. polytypage
  8. polytype
  9. polytyped
  10. polytypes
  11. polytypic

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