Monday, April 18, 2011

Glass·house


glass·house  (glshous)
n.
1. See glasswork.
2. Chiefly British A greenhouse.
3. A place, position, or situation involving intense public scrutiny.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
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Noun1.glasshouseglasshouse - a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
greenhouse, nursery
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
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2008 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
glasshouse
noun greenhouse, conservatory, hothouse This kind of plant needs to be grown in a glasshouse.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
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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.
Supervisor to oversee garden project by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
The principal advantages of the glasshouse are the high level of light and the long life of glass.
The Greenhouse and the Greenhouse Contractor by Yodle Local / General interest community
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.
No impact for growers by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
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