conservatory
adjetivosubstantivoatestado nos diálogos
- Reino Unido//kənˈsɜː.və.tɹi//
- Estados Unidos//kənˈsɝ.vəˌt(ɔ.)ɹi//
Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
adjetivo
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Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
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raroRelating to conservation.
Etimologia
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”).
substantivo
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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...
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A school or clinic for orphans.
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A music school.
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arcaicoA storehouse, a repository.
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obsoletoAn icehouse, a warehouse for ice.
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obsoletoA cistern, an artificially collected body of water.
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obsoletoA reservoir, an artificially maintained body of water.
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A greenhouse, a glass-walled building for cultivating delicate plants.
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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.
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A drama school.
Etimologia
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
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.