LekhoriLekhoriA heated greenhouse.
An environment in which growth or development is encouraged naturally or artificially; a hotbed.
This had given him the strength to leave cadet school at seventeen and volunteer for active service, reach the rank of second lieutenant no later than his hothouse-bred contemporaries, begin his military studies in the General Staff Academy itself, and, still only twenty-five, graduate not only with top marks but with promotion out of turn for special excellence in military science.
An environment full of conflict or plots.
As with much of Carsley's reign, England entered this Athens hothouse with sub-plots in the background, this time the nine withdrawals from the squad which was met with a critical public response from the normally strictly-on-message captain Harry Kane.
To provide (a child) with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development.
she had such an exceptional grasp of maths in her first two years at the school theyʼd been hothousing her to sit her GCSE Maths two years early
From Middle English hothous, equivalent to hot + house.
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