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Glasshouse

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Noun

1. glasshouse, greenhouse, nursery

a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Glasshouse

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noun
1. British
a glass building, esp a greenhouse, used for growing plants in protected or controlled conditions
2. obsolete, informal, mainly British
a military detention centre
3. US another word for glassworks

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Glasshouse

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noun
British
greenhouse

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Glasshouse

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n.
1. See glasswork.
2. Chiefly British A greenhouse.
3. A place, position, or situation involving intense public scrutiny.

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