conservatory
noun
con·ser·va·to·ry
kən-ˈsər-və-ˌtȯr-ē 
plural conservatories
1
: a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants
2
: a school specializing in one of the fine arts
a music conservatory
Examples of conservatory in a Sentence
the Peabody Conservatory of Music
the college's conservatory is entirely devoted to cultivating and displaying orchids
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The 2025 Fashion Award winner Melitta Baumeister could be found quietly chatting in the Cooper Hewitt’s conservatory with a handful of friends, who were dressed in her architectural designs.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 Apr. 2025
Vocal Ensemble from the music conservatory at Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts will perform in the food court at the open-air shopping center.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
The couple loves to entertain friends in the former conservatory, now featuring a custom pink onyx bar designed by Peter Mikic.
—Kerry Pieri, Architectural Digest, 8 Jan. 2025
Despite the awe-inspiring ambition of the new conservatory and gardens, the most remarkable addition for visitors to Longwood might just be the restaurant that the architects carved out of the Earth underneath the original Beaux-arts Conservancy.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 Apr. 2025
Vocal Ensemble from the music conservatory at Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts will perform in the food court at the open-air shopping center.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
The couple loves to entertain friends in the former conservatory, now featuring a custom pink onyx bar designed by Peter Mikic.
—Kerry Pieri, Architectural Digest, 8 Jan. 2025
Despite the awe-inspiring ambition of the new conservatory and gardens, the most remarkable addition for visitors to Longwood might just be the restaurant that the architects carved out of the Earth underneath the original Beaux-arts Conservancy.
—William O'Connor, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for conservatory
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“Conservatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conservatory. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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conservatory
noun
con·ser·va·to·ry
kən-ˈsər-və-ˌtōr-ē
-ˌtȯr-
plural conservatories
1
: a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants
2
: a place of instruction in some special study (as music)
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