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conservatory
[ kuhn-sur-vuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
noun
- a school giving instruction in one or more of the fine or dramatic arts; specifically, a school of music.
- a greenhouse, usually attached to a dwelling, for growing and displaying plants.
- Archaic. a place where things are preserved.
adjective
- serving or adapted to conserve; preservative.
conservatory
/ əˈɜːəٰɪ /
noun
- a greenhouse, esp one attached to a house
- another word for conservatoire
adjective
- preservative
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of conservatory1
Example Sentences
Mr Perks - who had recently retired - was woken by the defendant breaking in through the conservatory and was stabbed after he initially mistook the defendant for his son Henry.
Instead, Kilmer became the then youngest pupil to enrol at the Julliard School, in New York, one of the world's most prestigious drama conservatories.
Aged 17, he became the then-youngest pupil to enrol at the Julliard School, in New York, one of the world's most prestigious drama conservatories.
Six bullets tore through a glass conservatory at a luxury property owned by comedian Russell Kane that had been rented out to Paul Allen.
The shots had been fired across the back garden of the house in Malvern Drive and passed through the kitchen and conservatory doors, with at least two rounds striking Allen in the hand and throat.
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