Crystal Palace

noun

a structure of prefabricated iron units, glass, and wood, built in London to house the Exhibition of 1851: destroyed by fire 1936.

Crystal Palace

a building of glass and iron designed by Joseph Paxton to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. Erected in Hyde Park, London, it was moved to Sydenham (1852–53): destroyed by fire in 1936

Crystal Palace

A great exhibition hall built in London, England , in the middle of the nineteenth century. It was one of the first prefabricated buildings and one of the first buildings with large expanses of glass wall.

Features include a glass cupola designed by Sir Joseph Paxton, who also created the Crystal Palace in London.

There are flower-beds which need not blush to be compared with Kew or the Crystal Palace.

Double the population of Hannibal visited the Crystal Palace in one day!

She slept a great deal, and was fed constantly and her crystal palace was like a little hothouse.

The sun was at the noon causing the glass roof of the distant Crystal Palace to gleam.

From the terrace in front of the Crystal Palace his guns can sweep the whole range of southern suburbs.

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