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Definition of cut glass in English: cut glassnounˌkʌt ˈɡlɑːsˈˌkət ˈˌɡlæs mass noun1Glass ornamented with patterns cut into it by grinding and polishing. as modifier a cut-glass decanter Example sentencesExamples - A pale color palette of sea-foam-green tumbled marble and cut-glass tiles marks elements in the open plan.
- A unique chance to see the fantastic collection of scent bottles that form part of the famous Mrs French Collection dating from the 19th century and including items from the finest cut glass to novelty souvenir bottles.
- Another sound strategy is to buy a set of cut glass decanters (readily and cheaply available in thrift stores).
- On the sideboard are English drinking glasses and a Pittsburgh cut-glass decanter of about 1830 that descended in the wife's family.
- More affordable are Victorian decanters and a tantalus, a lockable case usually made to hold three cut-glass decanters.
- Fine linen and cut glass on the dining table is a powerful image of civilised life - not ‘in itself’, but rather because it symbolises the openness of the table, at its very best, to strangers and the needy.
- Bakewell obliged in the spring of 1812 with a pair of cut-glass vases.
- Cover it with sparkly cut-glass coasters and elaborate glasses - the effect is stunning.
- Eighteen feet high, with aluminum and cut-glass detailing, it makes a big impact.
- Look out for its 1930s art deco, thick chocolate-brown cut glass, or vases in 1960s-style vibrant hues.
- The restaurant and reception are in three conjoined gabled townhouses, jammed with mirrors, paintings, cut glass and polished wood.
- Some connoisseurs have exquisitely chiselled attardans, often inlaid with ivory and containing marvellously carved cut glass decanters.
- Among them were Waterford cut glass vases, a wristwatch and cutlery.
- Still, my favorite way to enjoy the richly seductive flavor of alpine strawberries is to eat them fresh from the plant, served in fancy cut-glass goblets with a sinful dollop of real whipped cream - a truly splendid indulgence.
- Jackson had purchased cut-glass tumblers from Bakewell earlier in the year, and, after he was elected president in 1828, he ordered a glass service for the White House from the Pittsburgh concern.
- They nixed too-bright brass in favor of cut-glass doorknobs and polished nickel fixtures.
- He promptly presented another pair of cut-glass decanters to Madison's successor, James Monroe, when the president visited Pittsburgh in September 1817.
- The threat of crime is conveyed by the burglar bars, chain, torch, wallet and cellphone which are juxtaposed with inherited silver and cut-glass decanters.
- Dark wooded antiques are reflected in cut glass mirrors and in the waiting room, time is marked by a nude golden figurine holding up a small clockface.
- Lulu Guinness has several vintage mirrored tables in her home, adorned with cut-glass vases full of blossoms, which create ‘a wonderland of colour, glass and light’.
2as modifier Characterized by precise and careful enunciation. Example sentencesExamples - Supposing Martians invade, and settle in, and we find that, apart from the fact that they are little green men, that they speak English with a cut-glass accent, they are all nice and polite and so on.
- ‘Actually, it is Ascut,’ corrected my very proper colleague Charles Hutchinson in his best cut-glass accent.
- Ronnie Barker returns to the screen for the first time in years as loyal manservant Inches and Celia Imrie pops up, naturally, as she's one of the few actresses who can do cut-glass vowels without sounding snooty.
- In the Lords the cut-glass accent of Tessa Blackstone wins Best Voice.
- George had come from Devon, complete with artificial cut-glass accent.
- She has cut-glass tones, smart oatmeal knitwear and is sceptical but supportive. ‘Some of them are absolutely hopeless.’
- Add in a cut-glass accent that could dead-head dahlias at 100 yards, and you have a template for unpopularity.
- It turned out their previous teacher had been a Miss Barwell from the Home Counties, a former elocution mistress who prided herself on her cut-glass vowels.
- Green's cut-glass accent, clipped looks and cool demeanour only serve to reinforce his image as a fully paid-up member of the Establishment.
- Now 64, and a grande dame of British acting, she remarked in those familiar cut-glass tones: ‘God, I was really quite tasty, but I didn't know it at the time.’
- ‘I don't, but I do in my head,’ she counters, the cut-glass vowels positively resonating with her passion.
- The benefits to the city could well continue long after the fashionable hats, toppers, tailcoats and cut-glass accents have gone back to more familiar haunts further south.
- She has a highly distinctive way of talking, veering between a sing-song mumble and cut-glass peeps of excitement; she's like a radio, fuzzy with interference, which occasionally finds its signal in a sudden burst of clarity.
- It is that work ethic, more than the cut-glass vowels, that links Silvas with Helen Joynson-Hicks and Beulah.
- The double-breasted suits, the booming voice, cut-glass accent and impeccable manners mark Flight out as one of a dying breed.
- Of course they wouldn't like to do it, but maybe they should, ‘she intones with the cut-glass determination that sent young men off to do their duty in the trenches.’
- So she dyed her hair blonde, developed a cut-glass accent and took on roles that made her more English than the English.
- Without that fragility, nobody would watch this posh woman with a cut-glass accent.
- Mr. Dalyell is a Scottish aristocrat with classic breeding - Eton followed by Cambridge - and the booming cut-glass voice that goes with that status.
- As he lay dying in East Kilbride's Hairmyres hospital, having been moved from Jura, Orwell had become used to the Scots accent and only heard the posh, cut-glass accents of the English upper classes when his own friends visited him.
Definition of cut glass in US English: cut glassnounˈˌkət ˈˌɡlæsˈˌkət ˈˌɡlas Glass that has been ornamented by having patterns cut into it by grinding and polishing. as modifier a cut-glass vase Example sentencesExamples - Dark wooded antiques are reflected in cut glass mirrors and in the waiting room, time is marked by a nude golden figurine holding up a small clockface.
- A unique chance to see the fantastic collection of scent bottles that form part of the famous Mrs French Collection dating from the 19th century and including items from the finest cut glass to novelty souvenir bottles.
- More affordable are Victorian decanters and a tantalus, a lockable case usually made to hold three cut-glass decanters.
- Jackson had purchased cut-glass tumblers from Bakewell earlier in the year, and, after he was elected president in 1828, he ordered a glass service for the White House from the Pittsburgh concern.
- Bakewell obliged in the spring of 1812 with a pair of cut-glass vases.
- They nixed too-bright brass in favor of cut-glass doorknobs and polished nickel fixtures.
- Lulu Guinness has several vintage mirrored tables in her home, adorned with cut-glass vases full of blossoms, which create ‘a wonderland of colour, glass and light’.
- Still, my favorite way to enjoy the richly seductive flavor of alpine strawberries is to eat them fresh from the plant, served in fancy cut-glass goblets with a sinful dollop of real whipped cream - a truly splendid indulgence.
- The restaurant and reception are in three conjoined gabled townhouses, jammed with mirrors, paintings, cut glass and polished wood.
- Another sound strategy is to buy a set of cut glass decanters (readily and cheaply available in thrift stores).
- Cover it with sparkly cut-glass coasters and elaborate glasses - the effect is stunning.
- He promptly presented another pair of cut-glass decanters to Madison's successor, James Monroe, when the president visited Pittsburgh in September 1817.
- Look out for its 1930s art deco, thick chocolate-brown cut glass, or vases in 1960s-style vibrant hues.
- Fine linen and cut glass on the dining table is a powerful image of civilised life - not ‘in itself’, but rather because it symbolises the openness of the table, at its very best, to strangers and the needy.
- Eighteen feet high, with aluminum and cut-glass detailing, it makes a big impact.
- On the sideboard are English drinking glasses and a Pittsburgh cut-glass decanter of about 1830 that descended in the wife's family.
- A pale color palette of sea-foam-green tumbled marble and cut-glass tiles marks elements in the open plan.
- Among them were Waterford cut glass vases, a wristwatch and cutlery.
- The threat of crime is conveyed by the burglar bars, chain, torch, wallet and cellphone which are juxtaposed with inherited silver and cut-glass decanters.
- Some connoisseurs have exquisitely chiselled attardans, often inlaid with ivory and containing marvellously carved cut glass decanters.
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