GLASSHOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glasshouse mean? 

• GLASSHOUSE (noun)
  The noun GLASSHOUSE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GLASSHOUSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLASSHOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

glasshouse; greenhouse

Hypernyms ("glasshouse" is a kind of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glasshouse"):

conservatory; hothouse; indoor garden (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)