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Meaning of forcing house | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A place where plants are forced into maturity sooner than would naturally happen.
  2. Any place that promotes early development.
    figuratively

Equivalents

Deutsch Gewächshaus Treibhaus

Examples

“Princeton University, forcing house for leaders of the Presbyterian Awakening, was a ready source of morale-boosting sermons and literature, and its Scottish President, John Witherspoon, was a leading figure in the Continental Congress through the revolutionary years.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

forcipation forcipressure forcipulatacean forcipulate forcipulatid forcipule

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