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glasshouse
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun glasshouse has 1 sense
- glasshouse(n = noun.artifact) greenhouse, nursery - a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions; Array is a kind of building, edifice
has particulars: conservatory, hothouse, indoor garden, orangery
CIDE DICTIONARY
glasshouse, n.
A house where glass is made; a commercial house that deals in glassware. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
glasshouse, n.
1 a greenhouse.
2 Brit. sl. a military prison.
3 a building where glass is made.
1 a greenhouse.
2 Brit. sl. a military prison.
3 a building where glass is made.
THESAURUS
glasshouse
alcove, arbor, bower, cloche, cold frame, conservatory, coolhouse, forcing bed, forcing house, forcing pit, gazebo, greenhouse, hotbed, hothouse, kiosk, lathhouse, nursery, orangery, pergola, pinery, retreat, seedbed, summerhouse
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