cold frames

Definition of cold framesnext
plural of cold frame

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Noun
  • The early-season tournaments or invitationals, such as Clearwater two weeks ago or the gem of this past week, the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, are hotbeds for shocking upsets and surprising — and sometimes uncharacteristic — early-season thrillers.
    Molly Keshin, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Those places aren’t exactly hotbeds for future big leaguers.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Butterflies take center stage in one of property’s greenhouses, which is filled with hundreds of live butterflies.
    Martina Schimitschek, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Disney maintains on-property greenhouses, where some topiaries were stowed along with its flower towers, decorative stacks of blooms.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Still, the study’s findings challenge the emphasis on early signs of high performance that elite schools, conservatories and youth sport academies often look for when recruiting talent.
    Jake Angelo, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The resulting 6,000-square-foot structure, which evokes images of conservatories and greenhouses one of the owners found online, has a distinctly old-world sensibility.
    Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2025
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“Cold frames.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20frames. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.

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