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glass

UK/ɡlɑːs/ US/ɡlæs/ common informal uk
noun (7) verb (5)

noun

1.
2.
3.

the quantity a glass will hold

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4.

a small refracting telescope

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5.
6.

a mirror; usually a ladies'' dressing mirror

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7.

glassware collectively

  • “She collected old glass”

verb

1.

furnish with glass

  • “glass the windows”
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2.

scan (game in the forest) with binoculars

3.

enclose with glass

  • “glass in a porch”
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4.
5.

become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance

  • “Her eyes glaze over when she is bored”
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Origin

* As an English, Jewish and German surname, from the noun glass. * Also as an English surname, from a nickname derived from French glas (“bell, tumult, clash of arms”). * As a Celtic surname (Irish, Welsh, Cornish, and Scottish Gaelic), Anglicized from the adjective glas (“grey”). * Also as a German surname, altered from the personal name Klass, shortened from Nikolaus, compare Nicholas. * As a Slovene surname, Americanized and Germanized from Glas.

Phrases

  • African glass catfish
  • Alamogordo glass
  • anaclastic glass
  • art glass
  • aurora glass
  • beer glass
  • blown glass
  • Bohemian glass

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