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Reservatory vs Greenhouse - What's the difference?

reservatory | greenhouse |

As nouns the difference between reservatory and greenhouse

is that reservatory is a place in which things are reserved or kept while 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.

As an adjective reservatory

is reserving something.

reservatory

English

Noun

(reservatories)
  • A place in which things are reserved or kept.
  • (Woodward)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • reserving something
  • a reservatory clause
    (Webster 1913)

    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

    Noun

    (f)
  • Synonyms

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