Associations to the word «Glasshouse»

Wiktionary

GLASSHOUSE, noun. 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).
GLASSHOUSE, noun. A building where glass or glassware is manufactured.
GLASSHOUSE, noun. (British military slang)   A military prison.

Dictionary definition

GLASSHOUSE, noun. A building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions.

Wise words

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