conservatory
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Sense 1
- noun
- C1
A room with glass walls and a glass roof built onto the side of a house, used for sitting in or for growing plants.
We eat breakfast in the conservatory whenever the sun comes out.
By midday the conservatory is far too hot to sit in.
He keeps lemon trees alive through the winter in the conservatory.
Rain drummed loudly on the glass roof of the conservatory.
Common collocations: build a conservatory · sit in the conservatory · glass conservatory · conservatory roof
Part of: Rooms, The garden, Buildings and places
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- C1
A school where people train to a high level in music or acting.
She won a place at the conservatory to study the cello.
He teaches composition at a conservatory two afternoons a week.
Auditions for the conservatory are held every year in spring.
Common collocations: study at a conservatory · conservatory of music · graduate from a conservatory
Part of: School and teaching, Music, Buildings and places
Forms
- plural
- conservatories