Meaning & use
Glasshouses
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Buildings made largely of glass, especially greenhouses used for growing plants.
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The botanical garden's Victorian glasshouses are filled with tropical orchids.
Tomatoes are grown year-round in the farm's heated glasshouses.
A note on using this word
The word is also the root of the idiom 'people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones,' a warning against criticizing others when you are equally vulnerable to criticism.
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greenhousesconservatories
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