glasshouse
Transparent garden building
A glasshouse is a greenhouse—a building with glass walls and roof for growing plants.
In British military slang, a glasshouse is a military prison, from the glass-roofed detention barracks at Aldershot.
The proverb about throwing stones reminds us that people who live in glasshouses shouldn't throw stones—those with vulnerabilities shouldn't criticize others.
Glass-enclosed plant room
- nurseryRoom for infants
- hothouseHeated growing enclosure
- orangeryGreenhouse for citrus trees
- cultivationFostering growth through care
propagation · seedlings · tropical · botanical · terrarium · hydroponics · irrigation · overwintering
Easily broken or damaged
- brittleLiable to shatter
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
- breakableCapable of shattering
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
crack · smash · splinter · panes · transparent · exposed · vulnerable · precarious
Fostering growth through care
- propagationAct of spreading widely
- nurseryRoom for infants
- seedlingsNewly germinated plants
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
pruning · soil · compost · fertilization · planting · potting · cuttings · transplanting
Small hard earth fragments
- throwingPropelling by arm motion
- hypocrisyPretense of virtue
- criticismJudgment of faults
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
vulnerability · caution · idiom · adage · saying · metaphor · irony · self-awareness
Sentry post structure
- detentionTemporary official holding
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- court-martialArmed forces judicial proceeding
army · punishment · confinement · stockade · brig · soldiers · regiment
Basic unit of life
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
- convictJailed offender after trial
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
detention · inmate · penitentiary · lockup · custody · confinement · gaol · imprisonment
conservatory
Glass-enclosed plant room
cultivation · propagation · seedlings · tropical · botanical · terrarium · hydroponics · irrigation · overwintering · forcing
fragile
Easily broken or damaged
delicate · crack · smash · splinter · panes · transparent · exposed · vulnerable · precarious · damage
cultivation
Fostering growth through care
- propagationAct of spreading widely
- nurseryRoom for infants
- seedlingsNewly germinated plants
grafting · pruning · soil · compost · fertilization · planting · potting · cuttings · transplanting · growing
stones
Small hard earth fragments
judgment · vulnerability · caution · idiom · adage · saying · metaphor · irony · self-awareness · double-standard
guardhouse
Sentry post structure
- detentionTemporary official holding
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
court-martial · army · punishment · confinement · stockade · brig · soldiers · regiment
cell
Basic unit of life
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
- convictJailed offender after trial
sentence · detention · inmate · penitentiary · lockup · custody · confinement · gaol · imprisonment · correctional
- Colonial VirginiaJamestown, James River, tobacco cultivation, Powhatan, Pocahontas
- garden structuresgazebo, pergola, arbor, pavilion, garden pavilion
- conservatoriesgreenhouse, sunroom, orangery, winter garden, solarium
- conservatoryconservatory, greenhouse, orangery, sunroom, solarium
- sunroomssunroom, conservatory, solarium, orangery, winter garden
- greenhouse historycommercial greenhouses, conservatory, conservatories, orangeries, orangery
glasshouseopen field
Unenclosed outdoor space
bare soil · slaughterhouse · fallow field · wilderness · cold frame
glasshousefreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · release · discharge · free movement · civilian life