glasshouse
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- (UK): IPA: /ˈɡlɑːshaʊs/, X-SAMPA: /"glA:shaUs/
- (US): IPA: /ˈɡlæshaʊs/, X-SAMPA: /"gl{shaUs/, enPR: glăsʹhous
Noun [edit]
glasshouse (plural glasshouses)
- 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).
- A building where glass or glassware is manufactured.
- (UK military slang) A military prison.
Synonyms [edit]
- greenhouse (chiefly domestic)
Translations [edit]
building made of glass in which plants are grown
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building where glass or glassware is manufactured
military prison
