Glass
31glass */*/*/ — UK [ɡlɑːs] / US [ɡlæs] noun Word forms glass : singular glass plural glasses 1) a) [uncountable] a hard clear substance used for making objects such as windows or bottles car windows made of bulletproof glass the sound of breaking glass… …
32glass — Mesopotamian artisans began making glass objects sometime in the third millennium b.c. This is evident from the discovery of small lumps of glass scraps or debris in the ruins of ancient artisans workshops. Whatever glass products these… …
33glass — n. transparent substance 1) to blow, make glass 2) cut; ground; plate; safety; sheet; stained glass 3) a pane of glass tumbler container 4) to drink a glass (of water) 5) to drain; fill a glass 6) to raise one s glass (to give a toast) 7) to… …
34glass — /glas / (say glahs) noun 1. a hard, brittle, more or less transparent substance produced by fusion, usually consisting of mutually dissolved silica and silicates (the ordinary variety used for windows, bottles, and the like, containing silica,… …
35glass — [[t]glɑ͟ːs, glæ̱s[/t]] ♦♦ glasses 1) N UNCOUNT Glass is a hard transparent substance that is used to make things such as windows and bottles. ...a pane of glass. ...a sliding glass door. 2) N COUNT A glass is a container made from glass, which… …
36glass — brode·glass; gal·low·glass; glass; glass·en; glass·er; glass·ful; glass·ie; glass·i·ly; glass·ine; glass·i·ness; glass·ite; glass·less; isin·glass; …
37glass — [1] A transparent, hard, amorphous, brittle substance which is made by fusing together one or more of the oxides of silicon, boron, or phosphorus, with certain basic oxides (e.g., sodium, magnesium, calcium, potassium), and cooling the product… …
38glass — [OE] The making of glass goes back to ancient Egyptian times, and so most of the words for it in the various Indo European languages are of considerable antiquity. In those days, it was far easier to make coloured glass than the familiar clear… …
39glass — [OE] The making of glass goes back to ancient Egyptian times, and so most of the words for it in the various Indo European languages are of considerable antiquity. In those days, it was far easier to make coloured glass than the familiar clear… …
40glass — [[t]glæs, glɑs[/t]] n. 1) chem. a hard, brittle, noncrystalline, more or less transparent substance, atomically a supercooled liquid, usu. produced by fusing silicates containing soda and lime, as in the ordinary variety used for windows and… …
