Stained glass consists of pieces of glass of different colours which are fixed together to make decorative windows or other objects.
stained glass in British English
noun
a.
glass that has been coloured in any of various ways, as by fusing with a film of metallic oxide or burning pigment into the surface, used esp for church windows
b.
(as modifier)
a stained-glass window
stained glass in American English
glass colored in any of various ways, as by fusing metallic oxides into it, by enameling, by burningpigments into its surface, etc. and used as for church windows
Derived forms
stained-glass (ˈstained-ˈglass)
adjective
Examples of 'stained glass' in a sentence
stained glass
Angel didn't know if she was strong enough to be the sunlight to Hawk's stained glass.
Elizabeth Lowell A WOMAN WITHOUT LIES (1997)
In other languages
stained glass
British English: stained glass /steɪnd ɡlɑːs/ NOUN
Stained glass consists of pieces of glass of different colours used to make decorative windows or other objects.