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glasshouse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡlæshaʊs/ (US)
• (Australia) audio
• /ˈɡlɑːshaʊs/ (UK)
• glăsʹhous (US)

Etymology

From Middle English glasehows, glashous, glashows; equivalent to glass + house.

Meanings

1. A greenhouse, especially one for commercial use.
2. A building where glass or glassware is manufactured.
   • The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
3. (UK, slang) A military prison.

Forms

Relateds

people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

Synonyms

greenhouse

Translations (8)

fi kasvihuone (building made of glass in which plants are grown) · ru парни́к (building made of glass in which plants are grown) · bg оранжерия (building made of glass in which plants are grown) · bg парник (building made of glass in which plants are grown) · id rumah kaca (building made of glass in which plants are grown) · ru тепли́ца (building made of glass in which plants are grown) · uk тепли́ця (building made of glass in which plants are grown) · ota شیشهخانه (building where glass or glassware is manufactured)