orangery
Americannoun
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orangeries
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
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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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A couple of years ago they decided to have a French company construct their orangery because of their experience with higher European temperatures.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
A question about how to dispatch mites in an orangery might be followed by one on when to plant carrots in an allotment, what the English call a community garden.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2023
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
Imagine an orangery in front of the remnant pillars.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2013
Like Mr. Mallory he had watched the lovers on their return from the orangery to the drawing-room, and he had at the time gloated over the coolness that had evidently arisen between them.
From A Traitor's Wooing by Headon Hill
For those running wedding venues in the UK they are having to adapt their barns, orangeries and stately homes.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
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
He had seen and taken part in what was done in orchid houses, orangeries, vineries, peach houses, conservatories full of wondrous tropical plants.
From The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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