polytunnel
Britishnoun
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The ride was constructed last year using repurposed farm materials, including strawberry polytunnel hoops and an old tipper lorry trailer.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
A polytunnel for horticultural work features equipment with adjustable heights, to suit wheelchair users and smaller children.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
Sorting out the food problem may also take time, but within several months someone might have been able to knock up a polytunnel to grow a couple of undersized cabbages in the smectite clay.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 4, 2015
In March, after nine months of hydration, the fuselage was taken out of the polytunnel for the first time and deep cleaned.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2014
A strawberry ripened beneath the winter sun of Morocco can have a smaller carbon footprint than one raised in a polytunnel at the height of a so-called British summer.
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2013
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