hothouse

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English

Etymology

hot +‎ house

Noun

hothouse (plural hothouses)

1. A heated greenhouse.
2. (figuratively) An environment in which growth or development is encouraged; a hotbed.
3. (obsolete) A bagnio, or bathing house; a brothel.

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4. A heated room for drying greenware.

Verb

hothouse (third-person singular simple present hothouses, present participle hothousing, simple past and past participle hothoused)

1. (of a child) To provide with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development.