Glasshouse Definition

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
    • 1.3.1 Synonyms

English

Etymology

glass +‎ house

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡlæshaʊs/, /ˈɡlɑːshaʊs/

Noun

glasshouse (plural glasshouses)

1. A building made of glass in which plants are grown more rapidly than outside such a building by the action of heat from the sun, this heat being trapped inside by the glass. (chiefly commercial).
2. A building where glass or glassware is manufactured.
3. (UK military slang) A military prison.

Synonyms

• greenhouse (chiefly domestic)

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