glasshouse
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glasshouse
- /ˈɡlɑːshaʊs/ UK
- /ˈɡlæshaʊs/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English glasehows, glashous, glashows; equivalent to glass + house.
noun glasshouses
- A greenhouse, especially one for commercial use.
- 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.
- A military prison.
Similar: greenhouse
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noun
Similar: greenhouse
Translations
Talk about this word "glasshouse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/glasshouse. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. glasshouse. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/glasshouse "glasshouse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/glasshouse.Cite this
@misc{glasshouse_2026,
title = {glasshouse},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/glasshouse},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
