glasshouse

English

/ˈɡlɑːshaʊs/, /ˈɡlæshaʊs/

noun
Definitions
  • 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.
  • (British)  A military prison.

Etymology

Compound from English glass + English house (a house, company).

Origin

English

house

Gloss

a house, company

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