conservatory

adjetivosustantivoatestiguado en diálogos

Reino Unido//kənˈsɜː.və.tɹi//
Estados Unidos//kənˈsɝ.vəˌt(ɔ.)ɹi//

Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.

adjetivo

1
Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
2
raroRelating to conservation.

Etimología

From Medieval Latin cōnservātōrius directly and via French conservatoire, from cōnservāre (“to conserve, to preserve”) + -torius (“-atory: forming related adjectives”) and/or conservator (“conservator, preserver, protector”) + -ius (“-y: forming related adjectives”).

sustantivo

1
obsoletoA medicine, especially a magical preservative.
The auncient Catholyke fathers... were not afrayde to call this Supper... the foode of immortalitie... and the conseruatory to euerlastyng lyfe.
...a tree appointed to be the cure of diseases and a conservatory of life...
2
A school or clinic for orphans.
3
A music school.
4
arcaicoA storehouse, a repository.
5
obsoletoAn icehouse, a warehouse for ice.
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obsoletoA cistern, an artificially collected body of water.
7
obsoletoA reservoir, an artificially maintained body of water.
8
A greenhouse, a glass-walled building for cultivating delicate plants.
9
A solarium, a glass-walled and glass-roofed room in a house.
Joyce Barnaby: It's a lovely cottage in Badger's Drift. It's got two bedrooms, two living rooms and a conservatory. DCI Tom Barnaby: Conservatory? Sounds like something out of Cluedo. Cully Barnaby: Colonel Mustard with the candlestick in the conservatory.
10
A drama school.

Etimología

From Medieval Latin cōnservātōrium directly and via French conservatoire and Italian conservatorio, from cōnservātus (“conserved, preserved”) + -ōrium (“-ory: forming related nouns”).

Formas

plural: conservatories
comparativo: more conservatory
superlativo: most conservatory

conservation · The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping…conservative · A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.Conservative · A member of a political party incorporating the word…

conservatory · Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.

conserve · Wilderness where human development is prohibited.consider · To think about seriously.considerable · Significant; worth considering.

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