Meanings
plural polytunnels
- A tunnel made of polyethylene, used to grow plants that require a higher temperature and/or humidity than that which is available in the environment.
He made a gesture that incorporated the compost heap, the polytunnels, and the potting bench.
2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 241 more example
Regan and her team decide which of the farm's 3,000 polytunnels of strawberries will be dedicated to Wimbledon a few weeks before the tournament, and they choose from among the roughly 800 seasonal workers for roles on the coveted picking operation.
2023 July 14, The New York Times, “The Strawberry Fields of Wimbledon”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2023Synonyms: polyhouse
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA tunnel made of polyethylene, used to grow plants that require a higher temperature and/or humidity than that which is available in the environment.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian политунел
- политунел (politunel)a polyethylene tunnel
Finnish kasvutunneli
- kasvutunnelia polyethylene tunnel
German Folientunnel, Foliengewächshaus
- Folientunnela polyethylene tunnel
- Foliengewächshausa polyethylene tunnel
Hungarian fóliasátor
- fóliasátora polyethylene tunnel
Japanese ビニールハウス
- ビニールハウス (binīru hausu)a polyethylene tunnel
Korean 비닐하우스
- 비닐하우스 (binilhauseu)a polyethylene tunnel
Swedish tunnelväxthus
- tunnelväxthusa polyethylene tunnel
Turkish tünel sera
- tünel seraa polyethylene tunnel
Cite this entry
polytunnel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polytunnel
“polytunnel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polytunnel. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polytunnel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polytunnel.
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