orangery
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of orangery
1655–65; < French orangerie, equivalent to orang ( er ) orange tree (derivative of orange orange ) + -erie -ery
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Things the singer has been allowed to build in the vicinity of his house include a four-room treehouse, an indoor swimming pool, an orangery and a wildlife pond.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 25, 2019
Three outbuildings — a guesthouse, an orangery and an office — were added.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2016
It has 16 bedrooms, a moat, three converted turrets, an orangery and a dungeon.
From BBC ● May 13, 2016
Imagine an orangery in front of the remnant pillars.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2013
They were nearing the lodge, a sort of little orangery into which the plants were taken in winter.
From The Woman of Mystery by Leblanc, Maurice
He loves taking in the manicured gardens, the mazes, one of the world’s oldest zoos still in existence, and one of the largest Baroque orangeries in the world.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2023
In June, it was revealed that the couple spent $2.9 million of taxpayer money renovating their home at Frogmore Cottage, including installing "two orangeries and a floating floor" in their at-home yoga studio.
From Fox News ● Sep. 4, 2019
There are remnants of terraced boxwood parterres and early brick orangeries.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2012
As a practical result, Beaux-Arts students have lately been getting assignments for esquisses and projects of automobile factories instead of orangeries.
From Time Magazine Archive
They of Vicksburg and the Bends watched the gorgeous October sunset beyond the low, flat orangeries on their right.
From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by Cable, George Washington
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