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| glass [ glaass ] |
noun (plural glasses) |
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1. transparent solid substance: a hard, usually transparent substance that shatters easily. Source: sand melted in combination with other oxides such as lime or soda. Use: windows, bottles, lenses.
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2. uncrystallized substance like glass: a solid substance similar to glass formed by melting and cooling without crystallizing
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3. glass container: a container without a handle made from glass, for drinking from
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4. quantity in glass: the amount a drinking glass holds
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5. gardening protecting cover: a cloche, greenhouse window, or insulating material used to protect germinating plants
  Keep the seedlings under glass for the first four weeks.
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6. household
Same as glassware
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7. household
Same as looking glass
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8. optics
Same as magnifying glass
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9. geology
Same as volcanic glass
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10. drugs illegal drug: a smokable form of methamphetamine used as an illegal drug
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11. meteorology
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dated
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Same as barometer
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plural noun glasses |
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1. outer eyewear: a pair of sight-correcting or protective lenses set in frames that fit over the ears and sit on the bridge of the nose
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2.
Same as binoculars
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transitive verb (3rd person present singular glasses, present participle glassing, past and past participle glassed) |
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1. put glass over something: to cover or fit something with glass
glassed the porch
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2. insert into glass container: to put something into a glass container or one made of a material resembling glass
glassed the specimens in formalin
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3. cut using glass: to injure somebody with a drinking glass or a broken part of a drinking glass, usually in the face
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slang
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| [ Old English glæs< Germanic] |
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| glass adjective |
| glassful noun |
| glass-like adjective |
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