hot·house
ˈhät-ˌhau̇s 
1
: a greenhouse maintained at a high temperature especially for the culture of tropical plants
2
3
obsolete
: brothel
1
: grown in a hothouse
2
: suggestive of growth and development in a hothouse
a hothouse existence
also
: suggesting a hothouse
a hothouse atmosphere
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Noun
grows tomatoes in his hothouse all winter long
an urban enclave of bohemians that acquired a reputation for being a hothouse of creativity
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Chris Impey, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
Waves of trilobite extinctions swept the oceans, and an ancient planet better known for its explosion of life now saw the ambition of this frenzied new animal world periodically stifled under a high-CO2 hothouse.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Chris Impey, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
Fracas, fittingly beloved by personality-plus women such as Madonna, Martha Stewart, and Isabella Blow, dials the heady, hothouse opulence of tuberose up to 11 with the addition of jasmine, tonka bean, and musk.
—April Long, Town & Country, 13 Sep. 2019
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Noun
Lower carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere then cooled the Earth, turning a hothouse planet into one with a more temperate climate, like the one enjoyed by life today.
—Chris Impey, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
Waves of trilobite extinctions swept the oceans, and an ancient planet better known for its explosion of life now saw the ambition of this frenzied new animal world periodically stifled under a high-CO2 hothouse.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Lower carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere then cooled the Earth, turning a hothouse planet into one with a more temperate climate, like the one enjoyed by life today.
—Chris Impey, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
Fracas, fittingly beloved by personality-plus women such as Madonna, Martha Stewart, and Isabella Blow, dials the heady, hothouse opulence of tuberose up to 11 with the addition of jasmine, tonka bean, and musk.
—April Long, Town & Country, 13 Sep. 2019
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“Hothouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hothouse. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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