cullet

[ kuhl-it ]

/ ˈkʌl ɪt /

noun

broken or waste glass suitable for remelting.

Origin of cullet

1810–20; variant of collet<Italian colletto glass blower's term, literally, little neck. See col, -et

Words nearby cullet

cull, Cullen, cullender, Cullen's sign, culler, cullet, cullion, cullis, Cullman, Culloden, Culloden Moor

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Example sentences from the Web for cullet

It is then mixed with the glass mixture and broken glass (“cullet”), and replaced in the crucibles.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1|Various
This broken glass is called "cullet," and is carefully swept into piles and kept in bins for use in the furnaces.
How To Write Special Feature Articles|Willard Grosvenor Bleyer
Bohemian table or plate glass is made with 63 parts of quartz; 26 of purified potashes; 11 of sifted slaked lime, and some cullet.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
They can be traced by cullet heaps and broken-down furnaces, and by their names, often mutilated, recorded in parish registers.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1|Various

British Dictionary definitions for cullet

cullet

/ (ˈkʌlɪt) /

noun

waste glass for melting down to be reused

Word Origin for cullet

C17: perhaps variant of collet (literally: little neck, referring to the glass neck of newly blown bottles, etc)

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单词	cullet
释义	cullet [ kuhl-it ] / ˈkʌl ɪt / noun broken or waste glass suitable for remelting. Origin of cullet 1810–20; variant of collet<Italian colletto glass blower's term, literally, little neck. See col, -et Words nearby cullet cull, Cullen, cullender, Cullen's sign, culler, cullet, cullion, cullis, Cullman, Culloden, Culloden Moor Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cullet It is then mixed with the glass mixture and broken glass (“cullet”), and replaced in the crucibles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1\|Various This broken glass is called "cullet," and is carefully swept into piles and kept in bins for use in the furnaces. How To Write Special Feature Articles\|Willard Grosvenor Bleyer Bohemian table or plate glass is made with 63 parts of quartz; 26 of purified potashes; 11 of sifted slaked lime, and some cullet. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines\|Andrew Ure They can be traced by cullet heaps and broken-down furnaces, and by their names, often mutilated, recorded in parish registers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1\|Various British Dictionary definitions for cullet cullet / (ˈkʌlɪt) / noun waste glass for melting down to be reused Word Origin for cullet C17: perhaps variant of collet (literally: little neck, referring to the glass neck of newly blown bottles, etc) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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