glasshouse

[ glas-hous, glahs- ]

noun

, plural glass·hous·es [glas, -hou-ziz, glahs, -].

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. See glassworks
   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

When the glasshouse site was excavated in 1948 only small fragments and drippings—dark green in color—were found.

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On the way thither an old-fashioned yew hedge may be seen round about a vast glasshouse.

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Daisy said it was a place in Glasshouse Street for which she had no very great affection.

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All the glasshouse was spanned and arched over with one beautiful vine.

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A long-established legend that beads were manufactured at the Jamestown glasshouse is without archeological evidence.

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