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greenhouse

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"Plant shelter"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡɹiːnhaʊs/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted eeeghnorsuStarts with GEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect

Word origin

From green + house ("house for growing greens"), in reference to the produce grown within.

Used in a sentence

  • 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’.
  • 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.
  • It's almost impossible to make judgements when you're being playful – as by definition it's spontaneous activity – so your baby ideas get nurtured and greenhoused better.

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