Pyrex is a type of strong glass which is used for making bowls and dishes that do not break when you cook things in them.
[trademark]
Pyrex in British English
(ˈpaɪrɛks)
noun
trademark
a.
any of a variety of borosilicate glasses that have low coefficients of expansion, making them suitable for heat-resistant glassware used in cookery and chemical apparatus
b.
(as modifier)
a Pyrex dish
Pyrex in American English
(ˈpaɪˌrɛks)
US
trademark
1.
a heat-resistant borosilicate glassware used for cooking, lab work, etc.
noun
2. [occas.p-]
such glassware
Word origin
arbitrary coinage < pie1 + -r- + -ex (with implication of Gr pyr, fire + L rex, king), arbitrary suffix of manufactured products
Examples of 'Pyrex' in a sentence
Pyrex
What on earth could anyone actually do with small Pyrex pyramids?
Christina Jones TICKLED PINK (2002)
A few pieces of glass and the broad lip of a Pyrex beaker tinkled to the floor.