Pronunciation: /ˈhɒthaʊs/
noun
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a heated greenhouse in which plants that need protection from cold weather are grown: [as modifier]: hothouse plants
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an environment that encourages rapid growth or development, especially in a stifling or intense way: [as modifier]: the hothouse atmosphere of the college
verb
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educate or teach (a child) to a high level at an earlier age than is usual: a school that had a reputation for hothousing its girls