vivier — meaning in English
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English meaning
- hothouse noun A heated greenhouse used for growing plants that need warmth.
Senses
vivier is used for these senses in English:
- breeding-ground (figuratively) A place or institution seen as creating large numbers of a stated thing, type of person, etc.
- fishpond A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food.
- hothouse (figurative) An environment in which growth or development is encouraged naturally or artificially; a hotbed.
hothouse — full definition
- noun A heated greenhouse used for growing plants that need warmth.
- noun An environment, often artificial, that pushes rapid growth or development.
- noun A setting charged with tension, intrigue, or conflict.
- verb To push a child through an intensively enriched program aimed at speeding up their development.