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greenhouse

name · noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːnhaʊs/
  • General-American: /ˈɡɹːnˌ(h)aʊs/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: G R IY1 N HH AW2 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The glass of a plane's cockpit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, dated, slang

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A structure that shields the operating table to protect against bacteria.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A hot state in global climate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: climatology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hothouse

Antonyms: icehouse

6

verb

Meaning 6

To place (plants) in a greenhouse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To nurture in order to promote growth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, transitive

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective

Meaning 8

of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • greenhouse gases

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nursery, glasshouse

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: building, edifice

Narrower terms: conservatory, hothouse, indoor garden, orangery

History

Etymology

From green + house ("house for growing greens"), in reference to the produce grown within.

Across languages

Translations

129 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: serrë — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Albanian: serë — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Arabic: دَفِيئَة زِرَاعِيّة (dafīʔa zirāʕiyya) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Arabic: دَفِيئَة (dafīʔa) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Arabic: صُوبَة (ṣūba) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Armenian: ջերմոց (ǰermocʻ) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Asturian: ivernaderu — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Azerbaijani: istixana — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Azerbaijani: oranjereya — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Basque: berotegi — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Belarusian: цяплі́ца (cjaplíca) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Belarusian: аранжарэ́я (aranžaréja) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Belarusian: парні́к (parník) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Bengali: গ্রীনহাউস (grinhaus) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Bengali: আয়নাঘর (aẏnaghor) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Bulgarian: па́рник (párnik) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Bulgarian: оранже́рия (oranžérija) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Burmese: ဖန်လုံအိမ် (hpanlum-im) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Catalan: hivernacle — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Chinese Cantonese: 溫室 /温室 — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Chinese Mandarin: 溫室 /温室 (wēnshì) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Czech: skleník — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Danish: drivhus — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Dutch: kas — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Dutch: serre — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Dutch: broeikas — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Esperanto: forcejo — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Esperanto: oranĝerio — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Estonian: kasvuhoone — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Finnish: kasvihuone — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • French: serre — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Galician: invernadoiro — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Georgian: სათბური (satburi) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Georgian: ორანჟერეა (oranžerea) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • German: Gewächshaus — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • German: Treibhaus — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • German: Glashaus — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Greek: θερμοκήπιο (thermokípio) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Hebrew: חֲמָמָה (khamamá) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Hindi: ग्रीनहाउस (grīnhāus) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Hindi: हरितगृह (haritgŕh) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Hungarian: üvegház — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Hungarian: melegház — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Icelandic: gróðurhús — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Icelandic: vetrargarður — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Icelandic: gróðurskáli — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Ido: teplico — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Indonesian: rumah kaca — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Irish: teach gloine — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Italian: serra — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Japanese: 温室 (onshitsu) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Japanese: ハウス (hausu) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Kazakh: жылыжай (jylyjai) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Kazakh: көшетхана (köşetxana) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Khmer: ផ្ទះកញ្ចក់ (phtĕəh kɑɑkɑñcɑk) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Korean: 온실 (onsil) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Northern Kurdish: sera — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Kyrgyz: күнөскана (künöskana) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Kyrgyz: теплица (teplitsa) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Kyrgyz: парник (parnik) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Lao: ເຮືອນແກ້ວ (hư̄an kǣu) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Latin: hibernaculum — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Latin: caldarium — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Latvian: siltumnīca — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Lithuanian: šiltnamis — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Macedonian: оранжерија (oranžerija) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Macedonian: стаклена градина (staklena gradina) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Macedonian: стакленик (staklenik) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Malay: rumah hijau — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Maltese: serra — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Mongolian: хүлэмж (xülemž) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Norman: sèrre — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Norman: greenhouse — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Norman: spàn — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Norwegian Bokmål: drivhus — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Norwegian Bokmål: veksthus — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: drivhus — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: veksthus — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: voksterhus — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Pashto: ګلخانه (gwəlxāna) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Iranian Persian: گُلْخانِه (golxâne) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Iranian Persian: گَرْمْخانِه (garmxâne) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Polish: szklarnia — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Portuguese: viveiro — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Portuguese: estufa — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Romanian: seră — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Russian: тепли́ца (teplíca) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Russian: парни́к (parník) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Russian: оранжере́я (oranžeréja) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Scottish Gaelic: taigh-ghlainne — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Serbo-Croatian: стаклѐнӣк — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Serbo-Croatian: staklènīk — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Slovak: skleník — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Slovene: rastlinjak — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Spanish: invernadero — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Spanish: invernáculo — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Spanish: estufa — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Swedish: växthus — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Swedish: drivhus — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Tagalog: bahay-patubuan — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Tagalog: bahay-pasibulan — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Tajik: гармхона (garmxona) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Tajik: гулхона (gulxona) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Tamil: பசுமைக்குடில் (pacumaikkuṭil) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Tamil: பைங்குடில் (paiṅkuṭil) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Thai: เรือนกระจก (rʉʉan-grà-jòk) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Turkish: sera — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Turkish: limonluk — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Ottoman Turkish: لیمونلق (limonluk) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Turkmen: teplisa — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Turkmen: ýyladyşhana — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Ukrainian: тепли́ця (teplýcja) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Ukrainian: оранжере́я (oranžeréja) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Ukrainian: парни́к (parnýk) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Urdu: گِرِین ہاؤُس (girīn hāus) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Urdu: پَودا گَھر (paudā ghar) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Urdu: گَرْم خانَہ (garm xāna) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Urdu: حَرارَت خانَہ (harārat xāna) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Urdu: ہَرِیاوَل گَھر (hariyāval ghar) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Uyghur: پارنىك (parnik) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Uyghur: ئىسسىقخانا (issiqxana) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Uzbek: issiqxona — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Uzbek: teplitsa — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Uzbek: parnik — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Uzbek: gulxona — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Uzbek: oranjereya — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Vietnamese: nhà kính — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Welsh: tŷ gwydr — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
  • Yiddish: אָראַנזשעריי (oranzherey) — building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside
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