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glassed-in

[ glast-in, glahst- ]

adjective

  1. enclosed by glass or glass panels, as for protection or shelter:

    a glassed-in shower.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of glassed-in1

First recorded in 1950–55

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Example Sentences

Within moments, the bureau chief summoned me into his glassed-in office, and pointed for me to sit down.

They went up in the passenger elevator in the main building of the plant to a sort of glassed-in roof garden.

Morning sunlight gleamed through a glassed-in wall, and Shandor stopped at the door, almost speechless.

He saw rolls of tapestries, collections of brass camels and donkeys, and glassed-in cases of jewelry.

He continued on around the room until he came to a glassed-in case that held some rare alabaster figures.

It was a glassed-in room on the tail-end o' the rear coach and it must of been a pleasant place to set and watch the scenery.

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