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orangery

orangery

7.5
A room with glass walls attached to a house used as a bright living space
  • noun
  • /ˈɔrənˌdʒɛri/
  • UK
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  • The couple added an elegant orangery to connect the kitchen and patio.

Examples

  • They converted the old orangery into a bright, glass-walled living space.

  • We spent the afternoon reading in the new orangery that overlooks the garden.

  • The beautiful orangery was filled with sunlight.

  • We often host parties in our orangery.

  • The family gathered in the orangery to enjoy afternoon tea surrounded by the bright sunlight and lush plants.

  • She transformed the old orangery into a cozy reading nook with comfortable chairs and shelves of books.

  • During the summer, they often hosted dinner parties in the elegant orangery filled with fragrant flowers.

How Domestic

living room
617 1.0
orangery
  • UK
7.5
sunroom
  • US
8 3.4
greenhouse
133 2.3

Surface Forms

orangery singular
orangeries plural

Morphology

orangery = orange (semi-transparent) = orange + ery

The formation is the same ('orange' + '-ery'), but the modern sense as a glass-walled living/entertaining room is an extended usage from the horticultural place sense and not fully predictable from the components.

Etymology

Orangery originally meant a place for orange trees, but people later used these sunny, glass buildings as rooms to sit and live in. So today an orangery can mean a bright, glass-walled room attached to a house for people rather than just for plants.