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. 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

After growing in glasshouses, harvesting and polishing the rice grains, they found that the vitamin B1 content was increased in rice grains from these lines.

From Science Daily

The two sky lakes were frozen solid, and the trio of glasshouses glittered with a light sheen of ice.

From Literature

Crafted in Lancashire, England, where the company, Hartley Botanic, has been manufacturing glasshouses since 1938, the Patio is available in 15 colors. $4,400 at hartley-botanic.com.

From Seattle Times

Bringing us back to earth with a bump, Mr Denham said a curtain was drawn over the glasshouses when the temperature hits a certain point.

From BBC

"We then engineered these into crops, and if that results in an improvement in the glasshouse, then we take it to our experimental farm and test it in a real-world environment," says Prof Long.

From BBC

Related Words

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• conservatory
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