hothouse
noun
an artificially heated greenhouse for the cultivation of tender plants.
hothouses
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pluralof hothouse.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the region affected by the Eaton fire, officials responsible for mosquito control say they do not have the funds needed to provide sufficient treatment for all the pools that are now possible mosquito hothouses.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
My son was selected to join other thirteen-year-old baseball players from New England for a few days of humility at the hands of teams from California, Georgia, Texas, and other hothouses of baseball talent.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2022
Over the past half-century, Stevens has become a key figure in navigating those hothouses, sometimes behind the scenes, but always with a shrewd eye and bracing lack of cynicism.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2022
“I was always trying to sneak pineapple onto the menu” at St. John, she said, by arguing that Victorian-era aristocrats grew them in hothouses.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2020
Narrow corridors open into immense libraries; glass doors give way to hothouses overflowing with the smells of humus, wet newspaper, and lobelia.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
