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/kənsˈərvətɔri/ Listen

noun

Conservatory n.

That which preserves from injury. (Obs.) "A conservatory of life."

A place for preserving anything from loss, decay, waste, or injury; particulary, a greenhouse for preserving exotic or tender plants.

A public place of instruction, designed to preserve and perfect the knowledge of some branch of science or art, esp. music.

adjective

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

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Etymology of 'Conservatory'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Conservatory" Quotes from Famous Books

... heavy iron gate, and upon the inner side of this gate the Lieutenant was to wait until his fiancee should steal forth bringing with her the key which should give access to the beach. It was all very foolish and romantic, no doubt, for they might have met just as conveniently in the conservatory of Clyffe House, where their privacy would have been equally respected, and where Miss Alix's satin shoes and diaphanous draperies would have exposed her to no risk of a chill. Lovers are like that, however, and had they not been so on this occasion, I should have had ...

— The Haunters & The Haunted - Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural • Various

... is a bal masque to-night at Monceaux; the regent will be there. He generally retires toward one o'clock in the morning into a favorite conservatory, which is situated at the end of the gilded gallery. No one enters there ordinarily but himself, because this habit of his is known and respected. The regent will be dressed in a black velvet domino, on the left ...

— The Regent's Daughter • Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

... hypnotises a woman more speedily than noble sentiments in the mouth of a man. Her whole being vibrates in mute adoration, like flowers to the sunlight. The essential goodness of a woman's heart is fertile soil for an orator, whether he speaks from the platform or in a conservatory. Natalya is limed almost instantly by the honey of Rudin's language, and her virgin soul expands at his declaration of love. Despite the opposition of her mother, despite the iron bonds of convention, she is ready to forsake all and follow ...

— Essays on Russian Novelists • William Lyon Phelps

... which, he took his wife by the arm and pushed her into the adjoining conservatory. Mildred reseated herself upon the inlaid piano-bench. The little man, his face now shiny with the sweat of drink and emotion, drew up a chair in front of her. He sat—and he was almost as tall sitting ...

— The Price She Paid • David Graham Phillips

... from the chase one day holding in his hands two pheasants which he had himself killed, and followed by footmen bearing in their hands the rarest flowers from the conservatory of Saint-Cloud. He wrote a note, and immediately said to his first page, "In ten minutes be ready to enter your carriage. You will find there this package which you will give with your own hand to her Majesty the Empress, with the accompanying letter. Above all do not spare the horses; ...

— The Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete • Constant

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