conservatory

[kuhn-sur-vuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

noun

plural

conservatories 

1. a school giving instruction in one or more of the fine or dramatic arts; specifically, a school of music.

2. a greenhouse, usually attached to a dwelling, for growing and displaying plants.

3. Archaic.,  a place where things are preserved.

adjective

1. serving or adapted to conserve; preservative.

conservatory

/ kənˈsɜːvətrɪ /

noun

1. a greenhouse, esp one attached to a house

2. another word for conservatoire

adjective

1. preservative

Word History and Origins

Origin of conservatory¹

1555–65; < Latin conservā ( re ) ( conserve ) + -tory ²; in the sense “music school” < French or Italian; conservatoire

Example Sentences

It’s 1917 when Lionel, a singing prodigy with a shy, polite bearing, meets charismatic amateur music historian David at a conservatory in Boston.

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Mr Owen had moved to Selkirk more than 20 years earlier from Saffron Walden, where he ran his own timber and conservatory companies.

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Similarly, don't leave animals shut inside conservatories, sheds or greenhouses.

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"We put in a new kitchen, new bathrooms, we were planning a new conservatory and we had no intention of ever leaving," she said.

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Mr Perks - who had recently retired - was woken by the defendant breaking in through the conservatory and was stabbed after he initially mistook the defendant for his son Henry.

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