MEANING
A room or building with extensive glazing, used for plants or as a light-filled extension to a house.
Use it for
sunlit extensions; indoor plants; weather close at handPlace a room behind glass while keeping the garden visually present.
Words that belong together
- glass conservatory
- heated conservatory
- conservatory roof
On the page
The conservatory grew too hot for lunch by eleven.
Rain on the conservatory roof drowned out the radio.
Her lemon tree spent each winter in the heated conservatory.
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Word forms
- Base
- conservatory
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Architectural sense, not a music school. Can be a separate greenhouse-like structure or an attached room. Count noun: conservatories.
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