orangery

American  

[awr-inj-ree, or-] / ˈɔr ɪndʒ ri, ˈɒr- /

noun

orangeries plural

1. a warm place, as a greenhouse, in which orange trees are cultivated in cool climates.

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orangery British  

/ -dʒrɪ, ˈɒrɪndʒərɪ /

noun

1. a building, such as a greenhouse, in which orange trees are grown

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• orangeries
  plural

Etymology

Origin of orangery

1655–65; < French orangerie, equivalent to orang ( er ) orange tree (derivative of orange orange ) + -erie -ery

Example Sentences

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

It has an orangery, a sunroom with skylights, a billiards room, a theater, library and in-law suite.

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2019

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

The orangery at Ottermouth Manor was a huge glass structure in which oranges may have been grown in Georgian days after the prevailing fashion, but which in modern times sheltered a wealth of tropical shrubs.

From A Traitor's Wooing by Hill, Headon