as in greenhouse
a glass-enclosed building for growing plants
the college's conservatory is entirely devoted to cultivating and displaying orchids
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In a November Instagram post, Saunders revealed that he’d been selected to receive the conservatory’s alumni honor.
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
Years prior, Livia was known as Livia Bohusz, a student at a music conservatory estranged from her family and focused on nothing else but her career as a pianist.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
The original geodesic-domed conservatory, which dates to 1979, is still popular (especially on chilly winter days), but the garden has also upped its outdoor game with a half-acre water garden, hillside waterfall, the Founders Garden, and Hiller Family Rain Garden.
—Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 9 Apr. 2026
The structure of the conservatory feels disguised.
—Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
Years prior, Livia was known as Livia Bohusz, a student at a music conservatory estranged from her family and focused on nothing else but her career as a pianist.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
The original geodesic-domed conservatory, which dates to 1979, is still popular (especially on chilly winter days), but the garden has also upped its outdoor game with a half-acre water garden, hillside waterfall, the Founders Garden, and Hiller Family Rain Garden.
—Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 9 Apr. 2026
The structure of the conservatory feels disguised.
—Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conservatory
greenhouse
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The wallpaper failed commercially, as did a later attempt to market it as greenhouse insulation.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
28 May 2026
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Hoop houses are a type of greenhouse made by bending PVC or metal pipes into half circles and covering them with translucent plastic.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
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“Conservatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conservatory. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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