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glasshouse

The correct spelling is glasshouse.

How to pronounce glasshouse

/ˈɡlɑːshaʊs/
noun

IPA: /ˈɡlɑːshaʊs/

Say it like: Gla-ssh-ows-e

The correct spelling is glasshouse. A building made of glass in which plants are grown more rapidly than outside such a building by the action of heat from the sun, this heat being trapped inside by the glass (chi…

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Definition

noun

  1. 1.A building made of glass in which plants are grown more rapidly than outside such a building by the action of heat from the sun, this heat being trapped inside by the glass (chiefly commercial).
  2. 2.A building where glass or glassware is manufactured.
  3. 3.A military prison.

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