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парни́к — meaning in English

parnik

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English meaning

  • glasshouse noun A greenhouse, especially one for commercial use.
  • greenhouse noun A glass or plastic-covered building used to grow plants by trapping heat and sunlight.
  • hotbed noun A place or situation where something, especially something undesirable, develops quickly and intensely.

Senses

парни́к is used for these senses in English:

  • glasshouse A building where glass or glassware is manufactured.
  • greenhouse A building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.
  • hotbed A low bed of earth covered with glass, and heated with rotting manure, used for the germination of seeds and the growth of tender plants, like a miniature hothouse.

glasshouse — full definition

  1. noun A greenhouse, especially one for commercial use.
  2. noun A building where glass or glassware is manufactured.
  3. noun A military prison.

greenhouse — full definition

  1. noun A glass or plastic-covered building used to grow plants by trapping heat and sunlight.
  2. noun Used in "greenhouse effect" or "greenhouse gas" to describe the trapping of heat in Earth's atmosphere.
  3. verb To grow or nurture something, especially plants, in protected conditions.

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