greenhouse

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
adjective of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect

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

Perhaps we'll go in the greenhouse." — Five Little Peppers at School, Margaret Sidney
[475] Kept warm in a greenhouse. — Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients, Francis Bacon
I was particularly fond of the ruined greenhouse. — The Torrents of Spring, Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

nursery, glasshouse

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