hothouse

Meanings

Noun

• A heated greenhouse.
• An environment in which growth or development is encouraged naturally or artificially; a hotbed.
• A bagnio, or bathing house; a brothel.
• A heated room for drying greenware.
• A hot state in global climate.

Verb

• To provide with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development.

Origin

• From Middle English hothous, equivalent to hot + house.