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# greenhouse

«greenhouse» in Mova's school dictionary: **a building made mostly of glass or clear plastic where…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a greenhouse, greenhouses); adjective use (greenhouse gas, greenhouse effect)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A greenhouse is a building made mostly of glass or clear plastic where plants are grown because it stays warm inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greenhouse/#m1)

2) The greenhouse effect is the way some gases in the air trap the sun's heat and keep the Earth warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greenhouse/#m2)

3) Greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide and methane, trap heat; more of them makes the planet warmer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greenhouse/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons a greenhouse shows how glass traps heat; this is used to explain the greenhouse effect and climate change. In everyday life gardeners grow tomatoes and seedlings in greenhouses. Phrases: greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, greenhouse emissions.

### examples

- Grandad grows tomatoes in his greenhouse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greenhouse/#x1)
- It is warm inside the greenhouse even in spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greenhouse/#x2)
- Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greenhouse/#x3)
- The greenhouse effect keeps the Earth warm enough for life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greenhouse/#x4)
- Burning coal adds more greenhouse gases to the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greenhouse/#x5)
- We built a mini greenhouse from a plastic bottle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greenhouse/#x6)
- The greenhouse windows were covered with drops of water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greenhouse/#x7)
- So they went into Death's great greenhouse, where flowers and trees grew strangely into one another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greenhouse/#x8)

### note

Countable: a greenhouse, greenhouses. Not a green-coloured house! Myth: the greenhouse effect itself is natural and needed for life; the problem is too much of it, from extra greenhouse gases, warming the planet. British also say «glasshouse».

### In the corpora

- [Bumblebees can buzz at a special pitch that shakes pollen out of tomato flowers, and farmers use them in greenhouses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/58-flowers-and-pollination/17/)
- [Owen's football smashed Mr Patel's greenhouse in Leeds.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents/0/)
- [Connor's ball breaks the greenhouse glass, and he legs it (runs off) and hides under his bed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/22/)
- [Kieran apologises to Mr Grimshaw for the greenhouse glass, and Mr Grimshaw says, «Apology accepted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted/16/)
- [A greenhouse keeps plants warm so crops can grow in cold seasons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/80-farms-and-our-food/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «greenhouse» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greenhouse/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.