Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A sheltered place, especially a greenhouse, used for the cultivation of orange trees in cool climates.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A place where oranges are cultivated; particularly, a glass house for preserving orange-trees during winter.
- n. A kind of snuff.
- n. A perfume.
Wiktionary
- n. A greenhouse in which orange trees are grown.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A place for raising oranges; a plantation of orange trees.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas
Examples
“The orangery is often contrived so as to be used as a kind of living-room during summer, as it is only intended for the reception of the orange trees, and other plants belonging to the genus Citrus, during winter.”
The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally
“The orangery is a still more architectural-looking building than the conservatory, and it has an opaque roof.”
The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally
“On Monday, the University of Maryland unveiled, among other things, details of the stone's discovery at the Wye House "orangery" - a jewel of European architecture, now found to have imprints of the slaves who built it.”
The Washington Post: Evidence of slave life found at Eastern Shore estate
“Between the orangery, which is in this widening, and the piece of water, the banks of which are agreeably decorated, stands the Little Castle of which I have spoken.”
“In the orangery is a numerous assembly of doctors in long robes: one can see them through the panes gesticulating in their long sleeves, and shaking their wigs knowingly.”
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11
“The orangery is a beautiful specimen of tuscan architecture, designed by le Maitre, and finished by Mansart.”
“Between the orangery, which is in this widening, and the piece of water, the banks of which are agreeably decorated, stands the Little Castle, of which I have spoken.”
“This organic restaurant in the former orangery of an Edwardian kitchen garden builds its menu around the seasonal bounty outside.”
The Guardian: Observer Food Monthly Awards 2011 Best ethical eats: The Ethicurean
“During the project, remarkable frescoes were discovered in what is now the Affresco Suite (which also contains an ancient sarcophagus converted into a bathtub), and artisans painstakingly replaced centuries-old mosaics, repaneled the library, and restored an orangery.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘orangery’.
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phrontistery - o
from phrontistery.info
oakum, oakus, oast, obambulate, obdormition, obduracy, obedible, obedientiary, obeism, obeliscolychny, obelize, obelus and 504 more...
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wry -ery
inspired by Rolig's 'pocketful of -ry'
mattery, vachery, ewery, sphery, fullery, eggery, orangery, swannery, serictery, orrery, punguinery, mummery and 24 more...
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bintalshamsa's list
My Favorite Words
weltschmerz, perspicacity, idée fixe, invigilator, salubrious, tchotchke, ex nihilo, invidious, malapropism, naïve, sardonic, elide and 1402 more...
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Brochettes of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for words or phrases that haven't yet found a place in one or more of my other lists.
nonexclusivity, adaptationist, paxillin, adduct, unblushingly cribbed, ptomaïne, microsievert, millisievert, too big to jail, tastemaker, tinsmithing, Nimzo-Indian and 1616 more...
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frindley's ark
I'll describe it once it begins to take shape. But I'll explain the name: it's a reversal of what happened when the Americans changed the name of Thomas Keneally's novel to Schindler's List.
mediæval, encyclopædia, archipelago, grateful, typography, paraph, pilcrow, colophon, grandiloquent, alinea, bailiwick, sagbutt and 88 more...
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A Place for Everything
spicery, creamery, perfumery, confectionery, bakery, fishery, chandlery, beanery, grocery, ashery, haberdashery, carvery and 54 more...
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reesetee Frindley, you ought to check out some of John's recent blog posts if you haven't already. You'll find enough interesting shelving to keep you happy for quite a while. :-) Apr 10, 2008
frindley When I get my library (completely lined with floor to ceiling bookshelves, even over the door and windows, and provided with one of those nifty sliding library ladders) I would like an orangery to go with it. Apr 10, 2008