greenhouse

[ green-hous ]

noun

, plural green·hous·es [green, -hou-ziz].

1. a building, room, or area, usually chiefly of glass, in which the temperature is maintained within a desired range, used for cultivating tender plants or growing plants out of season.

greenhouse

/ ˈɡriːnˌhaʊs /

noun

1. a building with transparent walls and roof, usually of glass, for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions

Word History and Origins

Origin of greenhouse¹

First recorded in 1655–65; green + house

Example Sentences

So let us take a trip back into deep time, a journey that will begin with the familiar climate of recorded history and end in the feverish, high-CO2 greenhouse of the early age of mammals, 50 million years ago.

From Singularity Hub 

Pepco’s Climate Change Commitment includes more than 20 actions to help combat the climate crisis and drive its own greenhouse gas emissions down by 70 percent over the next five years.

From Washington Blade

Globally, transportation produces about 16 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.

From Popular-Science

Whether it shakes out as a valid way for the county to help meet its greenhouse gas reduction goals remains to be seen.

From Voice of San Diego

That’s in part because emissions of greenhouse gases continue to go up every year.

From Science News For Students

It's also become the largest energy producer in the world, even while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

From The Daily Beast

And as Greenhouse is a very smart and sincere person who loves the Court and the law, her crie de coeur is striking.

From The Daily Beast

Linda Greenhouse, the longtime Supreme Court reporter for the New York Times, declared surrender Thursday.

From The Daily Beast

The United States and China announced new greenhouse emission targets late Tuesday night.

From The Daily Beast

Under unusually blue skies in Beijing, the American and Chinese presidents vow cooperation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

From The Daily Beast

Can you tell me the name of this flower which I found in your greenhouse.

From Project Gutenberg

The Iris is to the garden what the Orchid is to the greenhouse.

From Project Gutenberg

In this country eucalyptus seeds are reared in a greenhouse.

From Project Gutenberg

Studies have been made upon the comparative germination of tree seeds in the field and the greenhouse.

From Project Gutenberg

McLean visited a greenhouse and bought an armload of its finest products; but Freckles would have none of them.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• arboretum
• conservatory
• nursery