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Noun glasshouse has 1 sense
  1. greenhouse, nursery, glasshouse - a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
    --1 is a kind of building, edifice
    --1 has particulars: conservatory, hothouse, indoor garden

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Glasshouse

Noun:

1. A building or structure made primarily of glass, designed to allow the maximum amount of sunlight to enter for the cultivation or protection of delicate plants.

Example sentence: The botanical garden has a beautiful glasshouse where tropical plants thrive.

2. (British) A greenhouse.

Example sentence: The avid gardener spent most of her time in the glasshouse, tending to her vegetables and flowers.

Adjective:

1. Made of glass or having glass walls and roof.

Example sentence: The glasshouse office overlooking the city provided a stunning view for the employees.

Verb:

1. (Rare) To grow or cultivate plants in a glasshouse.

Example sentence: The ambitious botanist glasshouses rare orchids to study them in controlled conditions.


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