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glasshouse

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glass·house  (glshous)
n.
1. See glasswork.
2. Chiefly British A greenhouse.
3. A place, position, or situation involving intense public scrutiny.

glasshouse [ˈglɑːsˌhaʊs]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Brit a glass building, esp a greenhouse, used for growing plants in protected or controlled conditions
2. (Military) Obsolete informal chiefly Brit a military detention centre
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) US another word for glassworks
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Noun1.glasshouse - a building with glass walls and roofglasshouse - a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
hothouse, indoor garden, conservatory - a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner
orangery - a place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas

glasshouse
noun greenhouse, conservatory, hothouse This kind of plant needs to be grown in a glasshouse.
Translations
glasshouse [ˈglɑːshaʊs] N (glasshouses (pl)) [ˈglɑːshaʊzɪz] (for plants) → invernadero m (Brit) (Mil) → cárcel f (militar)
see also glass B
glasshouse [ˈglɑːshaʊs] nserre f
glasshouse [ˈglɑːsˌhaʊs] n (for plants) → serra


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The restoration plan for this area is to bring it back into cultivation as an Edwardian period kitchen garden including areas for trials and botanical collections such as dahlias as well as the glasshouse display collection of orchids and cacti.
The principal advantages of the glasshouse are the high level of light and the long life of glass.
THE lifting of a European ban on the sale of knobbly fruit and veg will have no impact on tomato specialist J Baarda's Billingham glasshouse operation.
 
 
 
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