1 a heated building, usually made of glass, used for growing delicate plants in:
hothouse flowers
2 a place or situation that encourages the rapid development of sb/sth, especially ideas and emotions:
In the hothouse atmosphere of college there are plenty of opportunities for falling in love.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is hothouse a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, hothouse is tagged as noun.
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