glasshouse

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
16
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈɡlɑːshaʊs/ (UK)
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/ˈɡlɑːshaʊs/ (UK) · /ˈɡlæshaʊs/ (US)

Definition of glasshouse

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A greenhouse, especially one for commercial use.
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noun

  1. A greenhouse, especially one for commercial use.
  2. A building where glass or glassware is manufactured.
    “The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.”
  3. (British, slang)A military prison.

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Etymology

From Middle English glasehows, glashous, glashows; equivalent to glass + house.

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