# hothouse

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #60,163

## Definitions
1. A heated greenhouse.
2. An environment in which growth or development is encouraged naturally or artificially; a hotbed.
3. An environment full of conflict or plots.
4. A bagnio, or bathing house; a brothel.
5. A heated room for drying greenware.
6. A hot state in global climate.

## Etymology
From Middle English hothous, equivalent to hot + house.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hothouse