glass /gläs/

1. A hard, amorphous, brittle substance, a bad conductor of electricity, usu transparent, made by fusing together one or more of the oxides of silicon, boron or phosphorus with certain basic oxides (eg sodium, magnesium, calcium, potassium), and cooling the product rapidly to prevent crystallization
2. An article made of or with glass, esp a drinking vessel, a mirror, a lens, the cover of a watch face, a weather glass, a telescope, etc
3. Such articles collectively
4. The quantity of liquid a glass holds
5. Any fused substance like glass, with a vitreous fracture
6. A rock, or portion of rock, without crystalline structure
7. (in pl) spectacles

Made of glass

1. To furnish or fit with glass
2. To reflect in glass
3. To put in, under, or behind glass (rare)
4. To glaze, cover with a glassy surface (obsolete)
5. To polish highly (rare)
6. To attack (someone) with a broken glass or bottle (informal)

glassˈen adjective (archaic)

Of or like glass

glassˈful noun (pl glassˈfuls)

As much as a glass will hold

glassˈify intransitive verb

To become glass or like glass

To cause to become glass or like glass

glassˈily adverb

glassine /-ēnˈ/ noun

A transparent, glazed, greaseproof paper, used for book covers

glassˈiness noun

glassˈlike adjective

glassˈy adjective

1. Like glass
2. (of eyes) expressionless

glassˈ-blower noun

glassˈ-blowing noun

The process of making glassware by inflating semi-molten glass

glass case noun

A display case made at least partly of glass

glass ceiling noun

An indistinct yet unmistakable barrier on the career ladder, through which certain categories of employees (usu women) find they can see but not progress

glass chin or glass jaw noun

A chin or jaw exceptionally vulnerable to punches, used chiefly of boxers

glassˈ-cloth noun

1. A cloth for drying glasses
2. A material woven from glass threads
3. A polishing cloth covered with powdered glass

glassˈ-coach noun (obsolete)

A coach (esp one for hire) having glazed windows

glass cockpit noun

An aircraft cockpit in which an array of glass-screened displays presents computer-generated information

glassˈ-crab noun

The transparent larva of the spiny lobster

glassˈ-cutter noun

1. A tool for cutting sheets of glass
2. A person who does cut-glass work

glassˈ-cutting noun

The act or process of cutting, shaping and ornamenting the surface of glass

glass eye noun

1. An artificial eye made of glass
2. (in pl) spectacles (obsolete)
3. A form of blindness in horses

glassˈ-faced adjective (Shakespeare)

Reflecting the sentiments of another, as in a mirror

glass fibre noun

Glass melted and then drawn out into extremely fine fibres, which are later to be spun, woven, etc (also called fibreglass)

glassˈ-gall noun

A scum formed on fused glass

glassˈ-gazing adjective (Shakespeare)

Addicted to looking in a mirror

glassˈ-grinding noun

The ornamenting of glass by rubbing with sand, emery, etc

glass harmonica noun

The musical glasses (see harmonica under harmony)

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