hothouse

== English == === Alternative forms === hot-house === Etymology === From Middle English hothous, equivalent to hot +‎ house. === Noun === hothouse (plural hothouses) A heated greenhouse. (figurative) An environment in which growth or development is encouraged naturally or artificially; a hotbed. An environment full of conflict or plots. (obsolete) A bagnio, or bathing house; a brothel. A heated room for drying greenware. (climatology) A hot state in global climate. Synonym: greenhouse Antonym: icehouse ==== Derived terms ==== hothouse effect hothouse flower ==== Translations ==== === Verb === hothouse (third-person singular simple present hothouses, present participle hothousing, simple past and past participle hothoused) (transitive) To provide (a child) with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development. === See also === forcing house