A heated greenhouse. / (figuratively) An environment in which growth or development is encouraged naturally or artificially; a hotbed. / (obsolete) A bagnio, or bathing house; a brothel.

(transitive) To provide (a child) with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development.

plural of hothouse

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hothouse

simple past tense and past participle of hothouse

present participle of hothouse

plural of hothouse flower

A person who is very fragile and vulnerable as a result of having been sheltered. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hothouse, flower.

greenhouse effect

plural of hothouse effect