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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 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
  • There are also several spacious barns and greenhouses, many of them set up for entertaining.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Corporate and home licensed growers may grow in greenhouses, but Preston is hoping regulators would expand that to include outdoor growing at home.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of greenhouses
Noun
  • Most are instead forced to live inside aquariums or rehabilitation centers for the rest of their lives.
    — John Donegan LONG BEACH POST, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Data centers The facilities that help power the rapid growth of artificial intelligence programs are facing a bipartisan backlash across the country.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of centers
Noun
  • This year, funding was supposed to ramp up to $25 million a year to pay for boats, air tanks, and divers to get the corals out of the nurseries and onto the reef.
    — Nicolás Rivero, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Other white shark nurseries recognized globally are in the coastal waters off California, Mexico and Australia.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of nurseries
Noun
  • 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
  • However, Canada’s success at the World Cup could lead to even more interest in soccer in traditional hockey hotbeds.
    — Shelby Blackley, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of hotbeds
Noun
  • Godwit couples maintain large territories, establishing nests far from other godwits.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • While some wasp nests appear hanging on trees or the side of a building, most wasps actually nest underground.
    — Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of nests
Noun
  • He is also believed to have furthered his religious studies in seminaries around Quetta and Kuchlak in Balochistan.
    — Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Aug. 2026
  • This week brought me from Belgian Gothic seminaries to Victorian mansions, with a few aggressively average $4,700 apartments sprinkled among them to keep us grounded.
    — Nora DeLigter, Curbed, 7 Aug. 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 20 Sep. 2026.

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