Hothouse
Full definition of hothouse
Noun
hothouse
(plural hothouses)- A heated greenhouse.
- (figurative) An environment in which growth or development is encouraged; a hotbed.
- (obsolete) A bagnio, or bathing house; a brothel.
- 1604, William Shakespeare, , II. i. 64:and now she professes a
hot-house, which I think is a very ill house too. - A heated room for drying greenware.
Verb
- (of a child) To provide with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development.