Glasshouse

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A greenhouse.
  • noun. A place, position, or situation involving intense public scrutiny.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A house where glass is made; a manufactory of glass.
  • noun. A greenhouse, as being glazed or covered in with glass. See glass house, under glass, a.
  • noun. A room with a glass roof, in which the best arrangements of light and shade can be produced for photographing purposes.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A house where glass is made; a commercial house that deals in glassware.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • 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).
  • noun. A building where glass or glassware is manufactured.
  • noun. A military prison.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
  • Word Usage
    "Along with something of the stunning Essence, too: the distinctive crease below the glasshouse is the clearest of many design cues picked up from the 2009 concept car."
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    building  edifice  
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    alcove  arbor  bower  cloche  cold frame