Glass
41glass — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. crystal; mirror, lens, slide; beaker, tumbler, goblet, snifter; pane; stained glass, bottle glass, peloton, etc.; telescope, spyglass; (pl.) spectacles, eyeglasses. See optical instruments, receptacle …
42Glass — This uncommon surname, chiefly recorded in the West Midland counties of Shropshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire, is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a metonymic occupational name for a glazier or glass blower, deriving from the Olde English pre… …
43glass — 1. an intoxicant Usually wine or spirits: The Duke... laid the first stone out with no ceremony but three cheers and a glass. (Bathurst, 1999, of Skerryvore Lighthouse on 7 July 1841) He, too, was happy to drink a glass. (Kyle, 1988 …
44glass*/*/*/ — [glɑːs] noun 1) [U] a hard clear substance that is used for making objects such as windows or bottles the sound of breaking glass[/ex] a glass bowl[/ex] 2) [C] a small container made of glass that you use for drinking from, or the drink in it a… …
45glass — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English glas, from Old English glæs; akin to Old English geolu yellow more at yellow Date: before 12th century 1. any of various amorphous materials formed from a melt by cooling to rigidity… …
46glass — 1. noun /glɑːs,ɡlæs/ a) A solid, transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda, potash and lime. The tabletop is made of glass …
47glass — noun 1》 a hard, brittle substance, typically transparent or translucent, made by fusing sand with soda and lime. ↘ornaments and other articles made from glass. ↘greenhouses or cold frames considered collectively. 2》 a drinking container… …
48glass in — verb enclose with glass glass in a porch • Syn: ↑glass • Derivationally related forms: ↑glass (for: ↑glass) • Hypernyms: ↑enclose, ↑ …
49glass — A transparent substance composed of silica and oxides of various bases. [A.S. glaes] cover g. a thin g. disk or plate covering an object examined under the microscope. SYN: coverslip. Crookes g. a spectacle lens combined with …
50Glass — Was known to the Egyptians at a very early period of their national history, at least B.C. 1500. Various articles both useful and ornamental were made of it, as bottles, vases, etc. A glass bottle with the name of Sargon on it was found among… …
