forcing house
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Rich men have had them for centuries; Tiberius Caesar raised cucumbers in a mica-covered "forcing house" when his doctor advised him to eat warm-weather vegetables the year round.
From Time Magazine Archive
To walk is difficult in a damp steamy temperature hotter during daylight than the hottest forcing house in Kew.
From The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses by James Anthony Froude
The office of the Flag was a forcing house for Raphael; many latent thoughts developed into extraordinary maturity.
From The Grandchildren of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill
And now after nearly four years in the fiercest forcing house of character Derek Vane found himself trying to take an inventory of his own stock.
From Mufti by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile
It can be grown in the soil of a forcing house under glass, and is extensively produced in this way by market gardeners.
From Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring Quick Cash Crops and How to Grow Them by Anonymous
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