Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: greenhouse
IPA transcription: [ɡɹ'inh,aʊs]
Pronunciations of greenhouse
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: greenhouse
    Meaning: of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect; "greenhouse gases"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: greenhouse, nursery, glasshouse
    Meaning: a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
Usage examples
  • Kate looked up to see Robert coming across the churchyard with his arms full of greenhouse roses.
  • The only place, except in front of the grand piano, where Polly approached a state of comparative happiness, was in the greenhouse.
  • "And, after all, it will not cost me more to build these cottages, and make thirty families more comfortable and more self-respecting, than it would to enlarge Cross Hall, as Mr. Chalmers advises me strongly to do--by building a new wing and adding a conservatory in the place of your modest little greenhouse.
  • On the other side of the house, to match with the library, was the conservatory, ornamented with rare flowers, that bloomed in china jars; and in the midst of the greenhouse, marvellous alike to sight and smell, was a billiard-table which looked as if it had been abandoned during the past hour by players who had left the balls on the cloth.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Earth, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Richard Branson, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Climate change, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Titan (moon), License CC BY-SA 4.0