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.

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Origin of glasshouse

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

Words nearby glasshouse

glass fibre, glassfish, glassful, glass gall, glass harmonica, glasshouse, glassie, glassine, glass jaw, glass lizard, glass-maker

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How to use glasshouse in a sentence

When the glasshouse site was excavated in 1948 only small fragments and drippings—dark green in color—were found.
A Pictorial Booklet on Early Jamestown Commodities and Industries|J. Paul Hudson
On the way thither an old-fashioned yew hedge may be seen round about a vast glasshouse.
Nature Near London|Richard Jefferies
Daisy said it was a place in Glasshouse Street for which she had no very great affection.
Sinister Street, vol. 2|Compton Mackenzie
All the glasshouse was spanned and arched over with one beautiful vine.
Bliss, and Other Stories|Katherine Mansfield

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

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

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