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Meaning of glasses

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

glasses

Pronunciation:/ˈɡlasɪz//ˈɡlæsɪz/

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.

noun

Definitions

  1. Spectacles, frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes.

  2. Field glasses; binoculars.