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The problem with the literary hothouse of New York City is that people spend so much time looking in the mirror. They go to parties with people who are just like them, and they write novels about people who are just like them. It's limiting.
Anne Fadiman

Meaning of "hothouse" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOTHOUSE

hothouse  [ˈhɒtˌhaʊs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOTHOUSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hothouse is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOTHOUSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hothouse

Hothouse or Hot House or Hot house may refer to: ▪ A heated greenhouse ▪ "Hot House", a jazz standard written by Tadd Dameron ▪ Hot House, 1995 ▪ Hot House, 1991 ▪ Hot House, 1998 ▪ Hot House, an American jazz band formed 1978 ▪ Hot House, a British soul band formed in 1987 featuring Heather Small ▪ HotHouse, a defunct jazz club in Chicago, United States ▪ Hothouse, a 1962 fantasy/science fiction novel by Brian Aldiss ▪ Hothouse a fictional character ▪ Hothouse, a 1988 American television series ▪ The Hothouse, a 1958 play by Harold Pinter ▪ The Hot House, a 2004 Australian reality TV show ▪ Hot House Entertainment, a gay pornography studio ▪ Hothouse, a 2009 Doctor Who audio play ▪ "Hothouse", a song by 78violet ▪ Hot House, 2012 ▪ Hothouses or Hot House Blooms, English titles for Serres chaudes, a book of symbolist poetry by Belgian Nobel Laureate Maurice Maeterlinck, published in 1889...

Definition of hothouse in the English dictionary

The first definition of hothouse in the dictionary is a greenhouse in which the temperature is maintained at a fixed level above that of the surroundings. Other definition of hothouse is an environment that encourages rapid development. Hothouse is also an environment where there is great pressure.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOTHOUSE


boathouse
ˈbəʊtˌhaʊs
cathouse
ˈkætˌhaʊs
charthouse
ˈtʃɑːtˌhaʊs
clubhouse
ˈklʌbˌhaʊs
courthouse
ˈkɔːtˌhaʊs
farmhouse
ˈfɑːmˌhaʊs
gatehouse
ˈɡeɪtˌhaʊs
greenhouse
ˈɡriːnˌhaʊs
guesthouse
ˈɡɛstˌhaʊs
lighthouse
ˈlaɪtˌhaʊs
masthouse
ˈmɑːstˌhaʊs
nuthouse
ˈnʌtˌhaʊs
outhouse
ˈaʊtˌhaʊs
penthouse
ˈpɛntˌhaʊs
pesthouse
ˈpɛstˌhaʊs
pothouse
ˈpɒtˌhaʊs
shithouse
ˈʃɪtˌhaʊs
Statehouse
ˈsteɪtˌhaʊs
steakhouse
ˈsteɪkˌhaʊs
warehouse
ˈwɛəˌhaʊs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOTHOUSE

hotel ship
hotel staff
hotel work
hotel worker
hoteldom
hotelier
hotelman
Hotere
hotfoot
hothead
hothoused
hothousing
Hotien
hotline
hotly
hotness
hotplate
hotpot
hotrod car
hots

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOTHOUSE

beach house
coffee house
detached house
dollhouse
full house
house
house-to-house
in-house
lady of the house
mouse
Mulhouse
on the house
open house
opera house
playhouse
powerhouse
steak house
terraced house
town house
treehouse
Waterhouse

Synonyms and antonyms of hothouse in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HOTHOUSE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hothouse» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hothouse

Translation of «hothouse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOTHOUSE

Find out the translation of hothouse to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hothouse from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hothouse» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

温室
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

invernadero
570 millions of speakers

English

hothouse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hothouse
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاحتباس الحراري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

теплица
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estufa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেশ্যালয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

serre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hothouse
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Treibhaus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

温室
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

온실
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hothouse
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhà kiến
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொதிப்பான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उष्ण हवेतील फळे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sera
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

serra
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cieplarnia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

теплиця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

seră
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θερμοκήπιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

broeikas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

drivhus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

drivhus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hothouse

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOTHOUSE»

The term «hothouse» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.957 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOTHOUSE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hothouse

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2 QUOTES WITH «HOTHOUSE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hothouse.
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Bryan Cranston
It's funny, I do try to maintain health. I started doing Bikram yoga which is that hothouse yoga, the 105 degrees yoga for 90 minutes. It's great, you purge out all the sweat and you're drinking water.
2
Anne Fadiman
The problem with the literary hothouse of New York City is that people spend so much time looking in the mirror. They go to parties with people who are just like them, and they write novels about people who are just like them. It's limiting.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOTHOUSE»

Discover the use of hothouse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hothouse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hothouse
This is the Age of vegetables. Gren and his lady - not to mention the tummybelly men - journey to the even more terrifying Dark side. One of Aldiss' most famous and long-enduring novels, fast moving, packed with brilliant imagery.
Brian Aldiss, 2008
2
Hothouse: The Art of Survival and the Survival of Art at ...
Boris Kachka deftly reveals the era and the city that built FSG through the stories of two men: founder-owner Roger Straus, the pugnacious black sheep of his powerful German-Jewish family—with his bottomless supply of ascots, charm, and ...
Boris Kachka, 2013
3
The Hothouse
The Hothouse was first produced in 1980, though Harold Pinter wrote the play in 1958 just before commencing work on The Caretaker.
Harold Pinter, 2013
4
Hothouse
If you do it right, it can be a life. The hothouse, the guys, the glory. But just like that, it can all go up in smoke. In the beginning it was strange, ya know, because of all that we had lost.
Chris Lynch, 2012
5
Hothouse Kids: How the Pressure to Succeed Threatens Childhood
More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA
Alissa Quart, 2007
6
Hothouse Flower
A heart-rending page turner which sweeps from war-torn Europe to Thailand and back again .
Lucinda Riley, 2010
7
Life in the Hothouse: How a Living Planet Survives Climate ...
This book incorporates the author's extensive knowledge of climate science, including the latest research in climate change, and the most current scientific theories, including Gaia theory, which holds that the Earth has some degree of ...
Melanie Lenart, 2010
8
The Hothouse
"A recovered masterpiece....Remarkable as a sidelong, searing appraisal of the legacy of the Nazi years."-"Publishers Weekly," starred review
Wolfgang Koeppen, 2004
9
Hothouse Orchid
What would a common mercenary like Vance understand about love?"Reader Advisory: This story contains some capture and forced sex scenes for those who like a little more kink."
Vashti Valant, 2007
10
The Hothouse Effect: Intensify Creativity in Your ...
Examines the dynamics of communities that have stood out as bastions of creativity and intellectual progress, such as ancient Athens to the American jazz scene of the 20th century, and identifies the factors that drove their ususual ...
Barton Lee Kunstler, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOTHOUSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hothouse is used in the context of the following news items.
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Royals Roads to help entrepreneurs at downtown Victoria office
Fort Tectoria is a hothouse for innovation, serving as the base for Accelerate Victoria and the high-tech sector in the city's core. Set up in 2007 ... «Times Colonist, Jul 15»
2
The Fourteen-Month Itch: Modi government entered its midlife phase …
Especially outside the hothouse atmosphere of Delhi and its television studios, there is a broader constituency that is still willing to give the ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
3
City to Green-Wood: Weir not with you • Brooklyn Daily
... Greenhouse in Sunset Park because a boxy building proposed for an adjacent lot would have overshadowed the glassy historic hothouse. «Brooklyn Daily, Jul 15»
4
Minister Bruton attends DIT Grangegorman topping off ceremony for …
The DIT Hothouse incubator and knowledge transfer activity will also be located in the building, with a mix of own-door rentable units of varying ... «Irish Building Magazine, Jul 15»
5
Artslink.co.za - SA drummer awarded Henley MBA Dean's scholarship
... Annie Lennox, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Peter Gabriel, Soweto Gospel Choir, the Hothouse Flowers and the London Chamber Orchestra. «Artslink.co.za News, Jul 15»
6
Advertiser.ie - Music concerts on Inishbofin
Liam Ó Maonlaí, former lead singer with iconic band The Hothouse Flowers, will play on July 28. Ireland's greatest jazz singer Mary Coughlan ... «Galway Advertiser, Jul 15»
7
Idlewild, Prides and The Lafontaines join Belladrum lineup for …
... will feature along with The Cuban Brothers, who will be bringing some late night Caribbean fun to the Crabbie's Hothouse Stage. A limited ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
8
Review: Hudson Village Theatre casts The Glass Menagerie in a …
Like Maggie the Cat and Streetcar's Blanche, Amanda Wingfield, the aging southern butterfly forever flitting about the hothouse of her ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
9
Edible gardens: a bounty so far this year
Chili peppers grow in a wheelbarrow and a small hothouse nurses seedlings. A mile further to the west, in Ballard, and you'll meet gardener, ... «Crosscut, Jul 15»
10
Dinosaurs and Our Destiny
That era's so-called hothouse planet, with no polar ice caps and carbon dioxide levels as high as 2,400 parts per million (the planet now is just ... «Santa Fe Reporter, Jul 15»

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