as in greenhouse
a glass-enclosed building for growing plants
the college's conservatory is entirely devoted to cultivating and displaying orchids
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The director, a graduate of the AFI conservatory, spent two summers growing up gritting his teeth at an all-boys sleepaway sports camp.
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Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 22 Dec. 2025
My undergrad was at Southern Oregon University, which is like a Shakespeare conservatory, because the Oregon Shakespeare Festival is there.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
The resulting 6,000-square-foot structure, which evokes images of conservatories and greenhouses one of the owners found online, has a distinctly old-world sensibility.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2025
In 2018, a lion escaped its enclosure and killed a recent college graduate at a North Carolina conservatory during a routine cleaning.
—CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
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Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 22 Dec. 2025
My undergrad was at Southern Oregon University, which is like a Shakespeare conservatory, because the Oregon Shakespeare Festival is there.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
The resulting 6,000-square-foot structure, which evokes images of conservatories and greenhouses one of the owners found online, has a distinctly old-world sensibility.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2025
In 2018, a lion escaped its enclosure and killed a recent college graduate at a North Carolina conservatory during a routine cleaning.
—CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conservatory
greenhouse
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Lab and greenhouse studies show that plastic particles can affect earthworms and microbes and, in some cases, reduce seed germination, root growth, and nutrient uptake.—
Dr. Avishesh Neupane,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2026
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During greenhouse periods – when Earth was warmer – more carbon was released than trapped within carbon-carrying rocks.—
Ben Mather,
Space.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Conservatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conservatory. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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