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Meaning of glass

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

glass

Pronunciation:/ɡlɑːs//ɡlæs/

verb

Definitions

  1. To apply fibreglass to.

    Example: to fibreglass the hull of a fishing-boat

noun

Definitions

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

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

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

    Example: Fill my glass with milk, please.

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

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

  4. Glassware.

    Example: We collected art glass.

verb

Definitions

  1. To fit with glass; to glaze.

  2. To enclose in glass.

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

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