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terrarium
English
Etymology
From Latin terra (“earth”) +? -arium, by analogy with aquarium.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t?.?????.?.?m/
- (General American) IPA(key): /t?.????.i.?m/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /t?.??e??.i.?m/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /t?.??i??.i.?m/
- Hyphenation: ter?rar?i?um
Noun
terrarium (plural terrariums or terraria)
- An enclosure wherein very small animals are displayed humanely, often with some plants, in a naturalistic setting.
- A partially enclosed glass container for displaying plants, especially plants that need high humidity.
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin terra (“earth”) + -arium, by analogy with aquarium.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ter?ra?ri?um
Noun
terrarium n (plural terraria or terrariums, diminutive terrariumpje n)
- terrarium
French
Etymology
From Latin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?.?a.?j?m/
Noun
terrarium m (plural terrariums)
- terrarium
Further reading
- “terrarium” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- meurtrira
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
terrarium n (definite singular terrariet, indefinite plural terrarier, definite plural terraria or terrariene)
- terrarium
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
terrarium n (definite singular terrariet, indefinite plural terrarium, definite plural terraria)
- terrarium
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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
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