As nouns the difference between greenhouse and hotbed
is that greenhouse is a building traditionally made of glass, but now also made from plastics such as polyethylene, in which plants are grown more rapidly than outside such a building by the action of heat from the sun, this heat being trapped inside by the glass or plastic while hotbed is a low bed of earth covered with glass, and heated with rotting manure; used for the germination of seeds and the growth of tender plants. A hotbed works as a miniature hothouse, i.e. greenhouse.
greenhouse
Noun
(
en noun)
A building traditionally made of glass, but now also made from plastics such as polyethylene, in which plants are grown more rapidly than outside such a building by the action of heat from the sun, this heat being trapped inside by the glass or plastic.
Usage notes
: In the UK, greenhouse is the term used domestically. Large commercial greenhouses are called glasshouses by professionals.
Synonyms
* glasshouse (chiefly commercial)
Derived terms
* greenhouse bug
* greenhouse effect
* greenhouse gas
See also
* cloche
* hothouse
* orangery
* polytunnel
External links
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==Guernésiais==
Noun
(f)
Synonyms
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hotbed
English
Noun
(
en noun)
a low bed of earth covered with glass, and heated with rotting manure; used for the germination of seeds and the growth of tender plants. A hotbed works as a miniature hothouse, i.e. greenhouse.
(by extension) an environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable
An iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool.
