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1 hothouse
noun (a glass-house kept warm for growing plants in: He grows orchids in his hothouse.) rastlinjak -
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[hot]1) (having or causing a great deal of heat: a hot oven; That water is hot.) vroč2) (very warm: a hot day; Running makes me feel hot.) vroč3) ((of food) having a sharp, burning taste: a hot curry.) pekoč4) (easily made angry: a hot temper.) vroč5) (recent; fresh: hot news.) svež•- hotly- hot air
- hot-blooded
- hot dog
- hotfoot
- hothead
- hotheaded
- hothouse
- hot-plate
- be in
- get into hot water
- hot up
- in hot pursuit
- like hot cakes* * *I [hɔt]adjective ( hotly adverb)vroč; oster, pekoč, začinjen (jed); razgret, razvnet, strasten; figuratively oster, živ, kričeč (barva); razburjen, jezen; pohoten, vročekrven, ki se goni (žival); najnovejši (novica), svež (sled); slang odličen, izvrsten; opolzek (npr. gledališka igra); colloquially nevaren, neprijeten; American slang ukraden ali pretihotapljen; zasledovan (policijsko); radioaktiven; electrical pod električno napetostjo (žica); music ognjevit, hiterhot and hot — zelo vroč, naravnost s štedilnikalike a cat on hot bricks — nestrpen, kakor na trnjuin hot blood — v afektu, v hudem razburjenjuto be hot for ( —ali on) — biti zagledan v kaj, goreče kaj želeticolloquially hot under the collar — besen, razjarjento drop s.th. like a hot potato — naglo kaj izpustitia hot favourite — velik favorit, verjeten zmagovalecto get into hot water with s.o. — imeti s kom opravkafiguratively hot water — nesreča, težava, škripecto get hot over s.th. — razburiti se, razvneti seyou are getting hot — si blizu cilja, "vroče" (v igri)to make it hot for s.o. — podkuriti komuto strike while the iron is hot — kovati železo, dokler je vročeslang hot stuff — odličen, izvrsten, primahot on the track of — na sveži sledi, za petamihot temper — ognjevit temperament, vročekrvnostII [hɔt]adverbvroče, silno, močnoto give it s.o. hot — strogo koga kaznovati ali ozmerjatiIII [hɔt]transitive verb(zlasti British English) pogreti; American slang pognati v tek
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Hothouse — may refer to:* A heated greenhouse * Hothouse (novel), a 1962 fantasy/science fiction novel by Brian Aldiss * The Hothouse, a 2004 Australian reality TV show * The Hothouse , a play by Harold Pinter * Hot House Entertainment, a gay pornography… … Wikipedia
hothouse — [hät′hous΄] n. a building made mainly of glass, artificially heated for growing plants; greenhouse adj. 1. grown in a hothouse 2. needing very careful treatment, as if grown in a hothouse; delicate … English World dictionary
Hothouse — Hot house , n. 1. A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened. [1913 Webster] 2. A bagnio, or bathing house. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hothouse — mid 15c., bath house, from HOT (Cf. hot) + HOUSE (Cf. house). In 17c. a euphemism for brothel (Cf. massage parlor); the meaning glass roofed structure for raising plants is from 1749. Figurative use by 1802 … Etymology dictionary
hothouse — ► NOUN 1) a heated greenhouse. 2) an environment that encourages rapid growth or development. ► VERB ▪ educate (a child) to a higher level than is usual for their age … English terms dictionary
hothouse — I. noun Date: 1511 1. obsolete bordello 2. a greenhouse maintained at a high temperature especially for the culture of tropical plants 3. hotbed 2 II. adjective Date: 1838 1. grown in a hothouse … New Collegiate Dictionary
hothouse — [[t]hɒ̱thaʊs[/t]] hothouses 1) N COUNT A hothouse is a heated building, usually made of glass, in which plants and flowers can be grown. 2) N COUNT: oft N n, N of n You can refer to a situation or place as a hothouse when there is intense… … English dictionary
hothouse — I UK [ˈhɒtˌhaʊs] / US [ˈhɑtˌhaʊs] noun Word forms hothouse : singular hothouse plural hothouses 1) [countable] a building made of glass that is used for growing plants that need a warm temperature 2) [singular] a place where people are put under… … English dictionary
hothouse — noun (C) 1 a heated building, usually made of glass, where flowers and delicate plants can grow compare greenhouse 2 a place or situation where a lot of people are interested in particular ideas or activities: Vienna was a hothouse of artistic… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hothouse — 1. noun 1) tomatoes grew in the hothouse Syn: greenhouse, conservatory 2) society was becoming a hothouse of narcissism Syn: breeding ground, hotbed, seedbed 2. adjective the school has a hothouse atmosphere Syn … Thesaurus of popular words
hothouse — /hot hows /, n., pl. hothouses / how ziz/, adj. n. 1. an artificially heated greenhouse for the cultivation of tender plants. adj. 2. of, pertaining to, or noting a plant grown in a hothouse, or so fragile as to be capable of being grown only in… … Universalium