conservatory

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He had seen some one rush in, but the conservatory was apparently empty.

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  1. noun A greenhouse, especially one in which plants are arranged aesthetically for display, as at a botanical garden.
  2. noun A school of music or dramatic art.

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  • "Now as to board: In the rear of the conservatory is a suite of rooms as cozy as any young man could wish. —  The Flaw in the Sapphire
  • You will find a cistern with a tumbler beside it outside The youth hurried out, and, on returning with the glass, found that the deadly pallor of the girl's face had passed away, and was replaced by a tint that might have made the blush rose envious You must understand," said Milly, setting down the glass, while Barret seated himself on a vacant flower-pot-stand beside her, "that this conservatory is a favourite haunt of mine, to which, before my accident, I have resorted every morning since I came here, in order to sit with Uncle Allan. —  The Eagle Cliff
  • Then they sat out in the conservatory, among the flowers, where nobody came near them; and then they danced again, and then the Prince took her down to supper. —  Prince Prigio From "His Own Fairy Book"
  • Suddenly the strains of a lively two-step drew their attention to a platform that extended out upon the lawn from the conservatory, and at the same moment electric lamps shone in dozens of Japanese lanterns along the hedge-lined paths. —  Blacksheep! Blacksheep!
  • Through the conservatory, and Pardon me Rohscheimer and Haredale turned, together, and each found himself looking directly into the little ring of a revolver's muzzle. —  The Sins of Séverac Bablon
 

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  1. = French conservatoire = Spanish Portuguese conservatorio, from Middle Latin *conservatorius (cf. conservatorium, n.: see II), from Latin conservatus, past participle of conservare, keep: see conserve, v.
 

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/kənˈsərvətəri/
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