polytunnel

English

Polytunnels

Etymology

Short for polythene tunnel.

Noun

polytunnel (plural polytunnels)

1. 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.

   Synonym: polyhouse

   • 2023 July 14, The New York Times, “The Strawberry Fields of Wimbledon”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-17:

     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, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 24:

     He made a gesture that incorporated the compost heap, the polytunnels, and the potting bench.

Translations

a polyethylene tunnel

• Bulgarian: политунел (politunel)
• Finnish: kasvutunneli
• German: Folientunnel m, Foliengewächshaus n
• Swedish: tunnelväxthus (sv) n
• Turkish: tünel sera

Further reading

• polytunnel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia