Definition of cullet in English:

cullet

noun ˈkʌlɪtˈkələt

mass noun

Recycled broken or waste glass used in glass-making.
Example sentencesExamples
- One of our earliest industrial containers, glass is made by melting sand, soda ash, limestone, and cullet (recycled crushed glass) in furnaces heated to 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Approximately 80 per cent of the glass now being made in Irish Glass is from cullet or recycled glass.
- Ireland does not have another manufacturing facility with a similar capacity to absorb glass cullet (crushed glass).
- For some purposes, it is possible to make glass entirely of cullet.
- It goes without saying that the broken glass or cullet used had to be of the required colour or clear, so that no expensive new minerals were added to colour it.

Origin

Early 19th century: variant of collet, in the obsolete sense 'glass left on the blowing-iron when the finished article is removed'.

Definition of cullet in US English:

cullet

nounˈkələtˈkələt

Recycled broken or waste glass used in glassmaking.
Example sentencesExamples
- One of our earliest industrial containers, glass is made by melting sand, soda ash, limestone, and cullet (recycled crushed glass) in furnaces heated to 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit.
- For some purposes, it is possible to make glass entirely of cullet.
- Ireland does not have another manufacturing facility with a similar capacity to absorb glass cullet (crushed glass).
- It goes without saying that the broken glass or cullet used had to be of the required colour or clear, so that no expensive new minerals were added to colour it.
- Approximately 80 per cent of the glass now being made in Irish Glass is from cullet or recycled glass.

Origin

Early 19th century: variant of collet, in the obsolete sense ‘glass left on the blowing-iron when the finished article is removed’.

单词	cullet
释义	Definition of cullet in English: cullet noun ˈkʌlɪtˈkələt mass noun Recycled broken or waste glass used in glass-making. Example sentencesExamples One of our earliest industrial containers, glass is made by melting sand, soda ash, limestone, and cullet (recycled crushed glass) in furnaces heated to 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit. Approximately 80 per cent of the glass now being made in Irish Glass is from cullet or recycled glass. Ireland does not have another manufacturing facility with a similar capacity to absorb glass cullet (crushed glass). For some purposes, it is possible to make glass entirely of cullet. It goes without saying that the broken glass or cullet used had to be of the required colour or clear, so that no expensive new minerals were added to colour it. Origin Early 19th century: variant of collet, in the obsolete sense 'glass left on the blowing-iron when the finished article is removed'. Definition of cullet in US English: cullet nounˈkələtˈkələt Recycled broken or waste glass used in glassmaking. Example sentencesExamples One of our earliest industrial containers, glass is made by melting sand, soda ash, limestone, and cullet (recycled crushed glass) in furnaces heated to 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit. For some purposes, it is possible to make glass entirely of cullet. Ireland does not have another manufacturing facility with a similar capacity to absorb glass cullet (crushed glass). It goes without saying that the broken glass or cullet used had to be of the required colour or clear, so that no expensive new minerals were added to colour it. Approximately 80 per cent of the glass now being made in Irish Glass is from cullet or recycled glass. Origin Early 19th century: variant of collet, in the obsolete sense ‘glass left on the blowing-iron when the finished article is removed’.
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