"glasshouse" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡlɑːshaʊs/ [UK], /ˈɡlæshaʊs/ [US] Audio: En-au-glasshouse.ogg [Australia] Forms: glasshouses [plural]
enPR: glăsʹhous Etymology: From Middle English glasehows, glashous, glashows; equivalent to glass + house. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|glasehows}} Middle English glasehows, {{m|enm|glashous}} glashous, {{m|enm|glashows}} glashows, {{compound|en|glass|house}} glass + house Head templates: {{en-noun}} glasshouse (plural glasshouses)
  1. A greenhouse, especially one for commercial use. Categories (topical): Gardens
    Sense id: en-glasshouse-en-noun-uYXpZU3w Disambiguation of Gardens: 50 6 44
  2. A building where glass or glassware is manufactured.
    Sense id: en-glasshouse-en-noun-x5d3aROx
  3. (British military slang) A military prison. Tags: British, slang Categories (topical): Military, Gardens, Horticulture, Prison Translations (building made of glass in which plants are grown): оранжерия (oranžerija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), парник (parnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kasvihuone (Finnish), rumah kaca (Indonesian), тепли́ца (teplíca) [feminine] (Russian), парни́к (parník) [masculine] (Russian), тепли́ця (teplýcja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-glasshouse-en-noun-blHr8ogm Disambiguation of Gardens: 50 6 44 Disambiguation of Horticulture: 39 7 54 Disambiguation of Prison: 14 9 78 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 14 81 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 7 84 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'building made of glass in which plants are grown': 8 31 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: greenhouse (english: chiefly domestic)

Inflected forms

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