Meanings
plural glasshouses
- A greenhouse, especially one for commercial use.
- 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.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishglasehows
- Englishglasshouse
From Middle English glasehows, glashous, glashows; equivalent to glass + house.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian оранжерия, парник
- оранжерия (oranžerija)building made of glass in which plants are grown
- парник (parnik)building made of glass in which plants are grown
Finnish kasvihuone
- kasvihuonebuilding made of glass in which plants are grown
Indonesian rumah kaca
- rumah kacabuilding made of glass in which plants are grown
Russian тепли́ца, парни́к
- тепли́ца (teplíca)building made of glass in which plants are grown
- парни́к (parník)building made of glass in which plants are grown
Ukrainian тепли́ця
- тепли́ця (teplýcja)building made of glass in which plants are grown
Cite this entry
glasshouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glasshouse
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