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# glasshouse

noun (a glasshouse, glasshouses)

«glasshouse» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (UK) A building made mostly of glass where plants are grown, kept warm by the sun; a greenhouse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glasshouse/#m1)
2. (UK, slang, old) A military prison. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glasshouse/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons a glasshouse (greenhouse) traps the sun's heat so tomatoes and tender plants grow well; the idea helps explain the «greenhouse effect». Proverb: «People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones» — don't criticise others for faults you have yourself.

### Examples

- The tomatoes are ripening in the glasshouse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glasshouse/#x1)
- Kew Gardens has a huge Victorian glasshouse full of palm trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glasshouse/#x2)
- It is warm inside the glasshouse even in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glasshouse/#x3)
- We grew seedlings in a little glasshouse at school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glasshouse/#x4)
- People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glasshouse/#x5)
- The gardener opened the glasshouse windows on a hot day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glasshouse/#x6)

### Note

Countable. «Glasshouse» is mostly British; «greenhouse» is used everywhere. The proverb is usually written as two words: «glass houses».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «glasshouse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glasshouse/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«glasshouse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/glasshouse.html) on Mova free.