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kuivaamo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hothouse noun A heated greenhouse used for growing plants that need warmth.
  • kiln noun A heated chamber or oven used to bake, dry, or harden materials — used for firing pottery, drying grain or timber, or curing tobacco.

Senses

kuivaamo is used for these senses in English:

  • hothouse A heated room for drying greenware.
  • kiln An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.

hothouse — full definition

  1. noun A heated greenhouse used for growing plants that need warmth.
  2. noun An environment, often artificial, that pushes rapid growth or development.
  3. noun A setting charged with tension, intrigue, or conflict.
  4. verb To push a child through an intensively enriched program aimed at speeding up their development.

kiln — full definition

  1. noun A heated chamber or oven used to bake, dry, or harden materials — used for firing pottery, drying grain or timber, or curing tobacco.
  2. verb To dry or harden something by baking it in a kiln.

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