conservatory
noun
con·ser·va·to·ry
kən-ˈsər-və-ˌtȯr-ē 
plural conservatories
1
: a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants
2
: a school specializing in one of the fine arts
a music conservatory
Examples of conservatory in a Sentence
the Peabody Conservatory of Music
the college's conservatory is entirely devoted to cultivating and displaying orchids
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Even without surviving official reports, anyone who studied or worked at the renowned conservatory during Shipps’ tenure would’ve known, according to a sentencing memo federal prosecutors filed Tuesday.
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Sara Coello, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2025
Navy cadets who stayed at the house during World World II were the first to report a ghostly woman in a white gown walking the hallways of the house, and further reports of strange happenings emerged in the 1970s during the house’s time as space for the music conservatory.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025
Miles Teller is a freshman drummer at a major conservatory who wants to be the next Buddy Rich, and J.K. Simmons won an Oscar playing the kid's abusive, perfectionist jazz band director from hell.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
Greenfield was the director and taught piano at the conservatory.
—Rebecca San Juan, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
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Sara Coello, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2025
Navy cadets who stayed at the house during World World II were the first to report a ghostly woman in a white gown walking the hallways of the house, and further reports of strange happenings emerged in the 1970s during the house’s time as space for the music conservatory.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025
Miles Teller is a freshman drummer at a major conservatory who wants to be the next Buddy Rich, and J.K. Simmons won an Oscar playing the kid's abusive, perfectionist jazz band director from hell.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
Greenfield was the director and taught piano at the conservatory.
—Rebecca San Juan, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Conservatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conservatory. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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conservatory
noun
con·ser·va·to·ry
kən-ˈsər-və-ˌtōr-ē
-ˌtȯr-
plural conservatories
1
: a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants
2
: a place of instruction in some special study (as music)
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