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 →

2) The greenhouse effect is the way some gases in the air trap the sun's heat and keep the Earth warm. tree →

3) Greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide and methane, trap heat; more of them makes the planet warmer. tree →

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 →
• It is warm inside the greenhouse even in spring. tree →
• Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. tree →
• The greenhouse effect keeps the Earth warm enough for life. tree →
• Burning coal adds more greenhouse gases to the air. tree →
• We built a mini greenhouse from a plastic bottle. tree →
• The greenhouse windows were covered with drops of water. tree →
• So they went into Death's great greenhouse, where flowers and trees grew strangely into one another. tree →

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.
• Owen's football smashed Mr Patel's greenhouse in Leeds.
• Connor's ball breaks the greenhouse glass, and he legs it (runs off) and hides under his bed.
• Kieran apologises to Mr Grimshaw for the greenhouse glass, and Mr Grimshaw says, «Apology accepted.
• A greenhouse keeps plants warm so crops can grow in cold seasons.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «greenhouse» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.