glasshouse

[glas-hous, glahs-]

noun

plural

glasshouses 

1. a glassworks.

2. Chiefly British.,  a green-house.

3. British Informal.,  a military prison.

glasshouse

/ ˈɡlɑːsˌhaʊs /

noun

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

2. obsolete,  a military detention centre

3. another word for glassworks

Word History and Origins

Origin of glasshouse¹

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

Example Sentences

Under Theodore Roosevelt, putting up the West Wing required removing glasshouses used for growing plants.

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"This is probably the plant that I worry about moving the most," says Thomas Pickering, head of glasshouses.

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After growing in glasshouses, harvesting and polishing the rice grains, they found that the vitamin B1 content was increased in rice grains from these lines.

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The two sky lakes were frozen solid, and the trio of glasshouses glittered with a light sheen of ice.

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Crafted in Lancashire, England, where the company, Hartley Botanic, has been manufacturing glasshouses since 1938, the Patio is available in 15 colors. $4,400 at hartley-botanic.com.

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