as in conservatories
a glass-enclosed building for growing plants
needed to move the plants into the greenhouse before the first frost killed them
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Recent Examples of greenhouses
Barns and fenced pastures, along with several greenhouses, hoop houses, and other agrarian outbuildings, make up the property’s farming facilities.
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Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025
Following a thorough review of the farming operations, the Navajo Nation EPA estimated that the operations had expanded to over 1,000 greenhouses spread across more than 400 acres.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
They are then guided to various doors on the sides of roads or in greenhouses that take them to important places from their past and force them to face hard decisions and tough moments.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Check out the domed greenhouses at Gardens by the Bay, as seen in the 2018 romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians, and the dazzling array of outdoor sculptures that includes Marc Quinn’s levitating baby, Planet.
—AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
Oldani's grandfather was Benjamin Carpenter, who oversaw the greenhouses at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) before he was lured by Olds to Grosse Ile to construct formal gardens for Elbamar.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Winvian - Morris, CT Winvian began its existence as a farmhouse in the 18th century and maintains the farm-to-table tradition to this day with several gardens and greenhouses on-site.
—Paula Conway, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The biggest expansion would be for the college’s horticulture and agricultural sciences programs — including the addition of two academic buildings, two greenhouses, a barn and working farm, experimental labs, classrooms, student group and common areas.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 22 Aug. 2025
The lab space and microbial production capacity comes from Ginkgo, the bacterial strains and greenhouses from Bayer.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2018
Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025
Following a thorough review of the farming operations, the Navajo Nation EPA estimated that the operations had expanded to over 1,000 greenhouses spread across more than 400 acres.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
They are then guided to various doors on the sides of roads or in greenhouses that take them to important places from their past and force them to face hard decisions and tough moments.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Check out the domed greenhouses at Gardens by the Bay, as seen in the 2018 romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians, and the dazzling array of outdoor sculptures that includes Marc Quinn’s levitating baby, Planet.
—AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
Oldani's grandfather was Benjamin Carpenter, who oversaw the greenhouses at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) before he was lured by Olds to Grosse Ile to construct formal gardens for Elbamar.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Winvian - Morris, CT Winvian began its existence as a farmhouse in the 18th century and maintains the farm-to-table tradition to this day with several gardens and greenhouses on-site.
—Paula Conway, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The biggest expansion would be for the college’s horticulture and agricultural sciences programs — including the addition of two academic buildings, two greenhouses, a barn and working farm, experimental labs, classrooms, student group and common areas.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 22 Aug. 2025
The lab space and microbial production capacity comes from Ginkgo, the bacterial strains and greenhouses from Bayer.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for greenhouses
conservatories
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Families shouldn’t miss the island’s two butterfly conservatories, Wings of Mackinac and The Original Butterfly House.—
Christine Chitnis,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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Near the museum, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is an incredible urban oasis of various types of gardens and conservatories that puts you closer to incredible greenery and scenic beauty.—
Michele Herrmann,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Greenhouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greenhouses. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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