Conservatory

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  • noun. A greenhouse, especially one in which plants are arranged aesthetically for display, as at a botanical garden.
  • noun. A school of music or dramatic art.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
  • noun. pl. conservatories (-riz).
  • noun. A preservative.
  • noun. A place for preserving or carefully keeping anything, as from loss, decay, waste, or injury; specifically, and commonly, a greenhouse for preserving exotics and other tender plants
  • noun. A place of public instruction and training, designed to promote the study of some branch of Science or art.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
  • noun. That which preserves from injury.
  • noun. A place for preserving anything from loss, decay, waste, or injury; particulary, a greenhouse for preserving exotic or tender plants.
  • noun. A public place of instruction, designed to preserve and perfect the knowledge of some branch of science or art, esp. music.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. pertaining to conservation
  • noun. That which preserves from injury.
  • noun. A greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants
  • noun. A school of music or drama; a conservatoire
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner
  • noun. the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts
  • noun. a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts
  • Word Usage
    "House was its _conservatory_, which was probably the finest in the country, second only in beauty to the famous conservatory of the Duke of"
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