glasshouse

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɑːshaʊs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlæshaʊs/, enPR: glăsʹhous

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

glasshouse (plural glasshouses)

1. A greenhouse, especially one for commercial use.
2. A building where glass or glassware is manufactured.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     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 military slang)  A military prison.

Synonyms

• greenhouse (chiefly domestic)

Translations

building made of glass in which plants are grown

• Bulgarian: оранжерия f (oranžerija), парник (bg) m (parnik)
• Finnish: kasvihuone (fi)
• Indonesian: rumah kaca (id)
• Russian: тепли́ца (ru) f (teplíca), парни́к (ru) m (parník)
• Ukrainian: тепли́ця f (teplýcja)

building where glass or glassware is manufactured

military prison

See also

• people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones