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conservatory

[ kuhn-sur-vuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

noun

, plural con·serv·a·to·ries.
  1. a school giving instruction in one or more of the fine or dramatic arts; specifically, a school of music.
  2. a greenhouse, usually attached to a dwelling, for growing and displaying plants.
  3. Archaic. a place where things are preserved.


adjective

  1. serving or adapted to conserve; preservative.

conservatory

/ kənˈsɜːvətrɪ /

noun

  1. a greenhouse, esp one attached to a house
  2. another word for conservatoire


adjective

  1. preservative

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Word History and Origins

Origin of conservatory1

1555–65; < Latin conservā ( re ) ( conserve ) + -tory 2; in the sense “music school” < French or Italian; conservatoire

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Example Sentences

They meet generally in the Kiev Conservatory, an imposing 1890s-era building overlooking Independence Square.

He used his savings for the voyage across the Atlantic, but was left with no tuition money to attend the conservatory.

Or the latest suspects: Martha Raddatz and Candy Crowley in the conservatory with the lead pipe.

Kerry is a Brown graduate and has an M.F.A. in film directing from the American Film Institute Conservatory.

Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, he earned a degree in fine arts from the renowned Boston Conservatory of Music.

It was one day when a student from the Stuttgardt conservatory attempted to play the Sonata Appassionata.

He plays beautifully, and was trained in the famous Brussels conservatory, of which Dupont is the head.

I don't know much about the interior arrangements of Kullak's conservatory, because I only went to his own class.

In the conservatory he seemed to be a very passionate player; but, somehow, in public that was not the case.

This young lady had been originally a pupil of Kullak's, and I had heard her play once in his conservatory.

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