glass
/ɡlɑːs//ɡlæs/verb
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To apply fibreglass to.
Example: to fibreglass the hull of a fishing-boat
noun
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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.
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.
(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.
Glassware.
Example: We collected art glass.
verb
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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.