glasshouse

[ glas-hous, glahs- ]

/ ˈglæsˌhaʊs, ˈglɑs- /

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noun, plural glass·hous·es [glas-hou-ziz, glahs-] /ˈglæsˌhaʊ zɪz, ˈglɑs-/.

a glassworks.

Chiefly British. a green-house.

British Informal. a military prison.

RELATED WORDS

conservatory, nursery, arboretum

Nearby words

glassboro, glassed-in, glasses, glassfish, glassful, glasshouse, glassie, glassine, glassmaking, glassman, glasspaper

Origin of glasshouse

First recorded in 1350–1400, glasshouse is from the Middle English word glas hous. See glass, house

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Examples from the Web for glasshouse

"I was trying to find the Queen's Glasshouse Chapel, officer," said he.
The Regent|E. Arnold Bennett
The storeman lived alone in a cottage that had a glasshouse against one wall built by himself.
Bliss, and Other Stories|Katherine Mansfield
Daisy said it was a place in Glasshouse Street for which she had no very great affection.
Sinister Street, vol. 2|Compton Mackenzie
A long-established legend that beads were manufactured at the Jamestown glasshouse is without archeological evidence.
Contributions From the Museum of History and Technology|Ivor Noel Hume

All the glasshouse was spanned and arched over with one beautiful vine.
Bliss, and Other Stories|Katherine Mansfield

British Dictionary definitions for glasshouse

glasshouse

/ (ˈɡlɑːsˌhaʊs) /

noun

British a glass building, esp a greenhouse, used for growing plants in protected or controlled conditions

obsolete, informal, mainly British a military detention centre

US another word for glassworks

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