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glass

/ɡlɑːs/

verb

Meaning

  • To apply fibreglass to.

    "to fibreglass the hull of a fishing-boat"

Synonyms

glass

noun

Meaning

  • An amorphous solid, often transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda, potash and lime.

    "A popular myth is that window glass is actually an extremely viscous liquid."

  • A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.

    "Fill my glass with milk, please."

  • (metonymically) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.

    "There is half a glass of milk in each pound of chocolate we produce."

  • Glassware.

    "We collected art glass."

  • A mirror.

    "She adjusted her lipstick in the glass."

  • A magnifying glass or telescope.

  • A barrier made of solid, transparent material.

  • A barometer.

  • (in names of species) Transparent or translucent.

    "glass frog;  glass shrimp;  glass worm"

  • An hourglass.

  • Lenses, considered collectively.

    "Her new camera was incompatible with her old one, so she needed to buy new glass."

verb

Meaning

  • To fit with glass; to glaze.

  • To enclose in glass.

  • To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.

  • To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.

  • To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.

  • To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.

  • To reflect; to mirror.

  • To make glassy.

  • To become glassy.