different between greenhouse vs outdoors
greenhouse
English
Etymology
From green +? house ("house for growing greens"), in reference to the produce grown within.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???i?n?ha?s/
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.
- (Britain military slang, dated) The glass of a plane's cockpit.
- 1941 March 24, Life, p. 85:
- 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, p. 85:
- (medicine) A structure that shields the operating table to protect against bacteria.
- 2010, William Whyte, Cleanroom Technology
- 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.
- 1972, Southern Hospitals (volumes 40-41, page 10)
- 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 with the air curtain unit.
- 2010, William Whyte, Cleanroom Technology
- (climatology) A hot state in global climate.
- Synonym: hothouse
- Antonym: icehouse
Synonyms
- (building used to grow plants out of season): glasshouse (UK commercial operations), plant-house
Derived terms
- greenhouse bug
- greenhouse effect
- greenhouse-friendly
- greenhouse gas
- greenhouse slug
- greenhouse warming
Translations
Verb
greenhouse (third-person singular simple present greenhouses, present participle greenhousing, simple past and past participle greenhoused)
- (transitive) To place (plants) in a greenhouse.
- (transitive, figuratively) To nurture in order to promote growth.
- 2008, Chris Barez-Brown, How to Have Kick-Ass Ideas
- 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.
- 2008, Chris Barez-Brown, How to Have Kick-Ass Ideas
See also
- cloche
- hothouse
- orangery
- polyhouse
- polytunnel
Further reading
- greenhouse on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English greenhouse.
Noun
greenhouse f (plural greenhouses)
- (Guernsey) greenhouse
Synonyms
- spàn
greenhouse From the web:
- what greenhouse gases
- what greenhouse gases are in the atmosphere
- what greenhouse gas is the most abundant
- what greenhouse academy character am i
- what greenhouse gases are produced by humans
- what greenhouse effect
- what greenhouse gas is the worst
- what greenhouse gases do
outdoors
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?t?d??(?)z/
Adverb
outdoors (not comparable)
- Not inside a house or under covered structure; unprotected; in the open air.
Translations
Noun
outdoors (uncountable)
- (often preceded by "the") The environment outside of enclosed structures.
- (often preceded by "the") The natural environment in the open air, countryside away from cities and buildings.
Synonyms
- great outdoors
- God's country
Antonyms
- indoors
Related terms
Translations
Portuguese
Noun
outdoors m
- plural of outdoor
outdoors From the web:
- what outdoors activities are famous in palawan
- outdoors meaning
- outdoorsy what is mean
- outdoors what does it mean
- what's open outdoors
- what does outdoorsy mean
- what gander outdoors are closing
- what are outdoorsy tools animal crossing
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- greenhouse vs outdoors
- outdoors vs nowadays
- outgoers vs outdoers
- outdoes vs outdoers
- bird vs birdfeeder
- terms vs thereout
- thereout vs hereout
- thereout vs whereout
- therefrom vs thereout
- outside vs thereout
- qed vs wwwww
- qcd vs qed
- qef vs qed
- wanted vs wwwww
- which vs wwwww
- want vs wwwww
- what vs wwwww
- was vs wwwww
- claymore vs ddt
- ddt vs dicofol