Greenhouse

//ˈɡɹiːnhaʊs//

"Greenhouse" in a Sentence (15 examples)

I grow orchids in my greenhouse.

The farmers are forced to produce the crops in the greenhouse.

They grow strawberries in their greenhouse.

The glass fronted building before you is the rose garden. It's a greenhouse so you will always be able to appreciate the roses.

CO₂ has a lot to do with the so-called greenhouse effect.

The term 'greenhouse effect' is often used when people talk about global changes of climate nowadays.

Some scientists believe that the greenhouse effect is imaginary.

Rising pollution levels contributed to the greenhouse effect that would lead to partially melting the polar ice caps.

The aroma of the flowers was the first thing Sarah noticed when she entered the greenhouse.

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we must cut our greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent by 2050.

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The royal party had dined in the greenhouse, the coup d'œil of which was as striking as it was new. Vast stands of the most costly exotics reached to the glass roof, which was partly covered by a luxuriant vine, or by a small scarlet creeper.

In the slang of the Royal Air Force man, the cockpit of his plane is the ‘pulpit’ or ‘office’, the glass covering over it the ‘greenhouse’.

Figure 2.6 shows the diagram Charnley published of the airflow in the 'greenhouse'; it can be seen that reasonable downward unidirectional airflow was achieved close to the operating table.

The greenhouse system for providing a nearly bacteria-free operating environment consists of a 10 by 10-foot aluminum frame with plexiglass panes forming three sides and a polyvinyl curtain forming the fourth side. […] However, the greenhouse contains its own light supply, while this is an extra with the air curtain unit.

It's almost impossible to make judgements when you're being playful – as by definition it's spontaneous activity – so your baby ideas get nurtured and greenhoused better.

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