Sekirov Dictionary

conservatory

UK /kənˈsɜː.və.tɹi/US /kənˈsɝ.vəˌt(ɔ.)ɹi/

noun10

  1. (US) A music school.
  2. A drama school.
  3. A greenhouse, a glass-walled building for cultivating delicate plants.
  4. (UK, Ireland) A solarium, a glass-walled and glass-roofed room in a house.
  5. A school or clinic for orphans.
  6. (no longer used) A storehouse, a repository.
  7. (no longer used) An icehouse, a warehouse for ice.
  8. (no longer used) A cistern, an artificially collected body of water.
  9. (no longer used) A reservoir, an artificially maintained body of water.
  10. (no longer used) A medicine, especially a magical preservative.

adjective2

  1. Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
  2. (rare) Relating to conservation.
forms

conservatories · more conservatory · most conservatory

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