hothouses

noun

plural of hothouse
1
as in greenhouses
a glass-enclosed building for growing plants grows tomatoes in his hothouse all winter long

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2
as in centers
a place or environment that favors the development of something an urban enclave of bohemians that acquired a reputation for being a hothouse of creativity

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Recent Examples of hothouses Those girls in the hothouses maintained by fathers and uncles certainly would not spare a single thought for Percherette. — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026 Now the tomatoes are heirloom from hothouses, and unfortunately, my tomato slices were mushy. — Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026 These hothouses draw an inexhaustible supply of idealistic pilgrims who’ve chosen to forego more stable and remunerative career paths in pursuit of the high-wire act that is a meaningful creative life. — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hothouses
  1. greenhouses
  2. centers
  3. nurseries
  4. hotbeds
  5. nests
  6. seminaries
  7. breeding grounds
Noun
  • Elsewhere in Ukraine, emergency services reported that drone strikes injured 12 people in the eastern Kharkiv region and damaged a refrigeration facility, greenhouses and residential buildings.
    — Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Inside the greenhouses, staff are growing a variety of tree species, including ponderosa pine.
    — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of greenhouses
Noun
  • Lombardo expressed support for the projects backed by local communities, while Ford questioned whether the developments would benefit residents and proposed pausing tax breaks for centers.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
  • By entering your address, the locator will create a list of voting centers that are less than a mile away.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of centers
Noun
  • As for where to purchase both milkweed and nectar-producing plants, Sardiñas recommended checking out Calscape, a website by the California Native Plant Society, for help finding local nurseries that sell native plants.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Other garden bits Fall plant sales abound Now is the perfect time to procure new plants, as gardens and nurseries across Southern California are hosting plant sales over the coming weeks.
    — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of nurseries
Noun
  • Once Republican hotbeds, the northern arc suburbs have seen significant Democratic shifts.
    — Sophia Eppley, AJC.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • That’s quite a claim from a man who oversees one of the world’s most prolific hotbeds of anti-vaccine conspiracism.
    — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of hotbeds
Noun
  • This includes the babies and eggs from the nests of other birds.
    — Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 31 Oct. 2026
  • For up to two weeks the hunting partners scour the North Atlantic for fish and squid, often travelling hundreds of miles from their nests.
    — Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of nests
Noun
  • Amir Levy/Getty Rather than serve in the military, most ultra-Orthodox men study full-time in religious seminaries.
    — Dov Lieber, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The earnings test applies to thousands of programs at schools ranging from professional certificates to arts programs at elite universities and seminaries.
    — Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of seminaries
Noun
  • These incidents have many travelers asking if cruises are breeding grounds for illnesses and germs?
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 11 May 2026
  • Apocalypse movies are breeding grounds for unlikely posses, and this Australian zom-com from writer-director Abe Forsythe is no exception.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Feb. 2026
Definition of breeding grounds

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“Hothouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hothouses. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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