Conservatory meaning

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A greenhouse, especially one in which plants are arranged aesthetically for display, as at a botanical garden.
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A school of music or dramatic art.
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That preserves.
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A room enclosed in glass, for growing and showing plants; noncommercial greenhouse.
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A school, or academy, of the fine arts, specif. of music.
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(rare) Pertaining to conservation.
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Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
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(obsolete) That which preserves from injury.
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Origin of conservatory

Conservatory Sentence Examples

  • In 1836 he began to erect a grand conservatory 300 ft.

  • The conservatory is maintained by municipal appropriations.

  • Let the greenhouse and conservatory have plenty of air in mild weather.

  • Great variety of design is admissible in the conservatory, but it ought always to be adapted to the style of the mansion of which it is a prominent appendage.

  • Munich contains several gymnasia or grammar-schools, a military academy, a veterinary college, an agricultural college, a school for architects and builders, and several other technical schools, and a conservatory of music. The general prison in the suburb of Au is considered a model of its kind; and there is also a large military prison.

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