Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Enclosed by glass or panels of glass.
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- adjective
Enclosed ,surrounded , orcontained byglass panels , usually forprotection .
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Examples
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How about a glassed-in ATM targeted by a security camera or two?
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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How about a glassed-in ATM targeted by a security camera or two?
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Anyway, the Harvard Square ABP has a glassed-in greenhouse where you can sit and drink your warming beverage while looking out at the university -- and in the way of things, that greenhouse is inhabited by a couple of smart, fat sparrows who are much snugger (and smugger) than the sparrows still stuck outside.
live through this and you won't look back matociquala 2009
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I headed to Dave's glassed-in cubicle in the midst of the newsroom.
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I was also very impressed with the library itself, which looks shiny and new and somewhat SF-y, with all it's curving balconies and glassed-in, circular "quiet rooms."
Archive 2009-08-01 Lou Anders 2009
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We spent the better part of the afternoon fearing a gust of wind would bring yet another huge tree crashing down on the glassed-in kitchen.
Misjudging Irene Bret Stephens 2011
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After Caden receives the MacArthur grant, he strives to recreate every aspect of his life within a massive glassed-in “stage,” with actors playing himself and everyone he knows, gradually becoming more detached from reality as his never-seen “art” is perfected and civilization devolves outside of his studio.
Art as Affliction darkerblogistan 2009
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Fun in the Box | 5: 05 p.m. The Bidens are with the Obamas inside the glassed-in reviewing stand.
Live Blog: The Inauguration of Barack Obama - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Other than a broad wooden desk and a high-backed chair upholstered in leather, the only furniture in the room consisted of bookshelves and glassed-in cases.
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Fun in the Box | 5: 05 p.m. The Bidens are with the Obamas inside the glassed-in reviewing stand.
Live Blog: The Inauguration of Barack Obama - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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