glass

A1
Pronunciation
/ɡlɑːs/
/ɡlæs/
Noun
11 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • A popular myth is that window glass is actually an extremely viscous liquid.
2 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Fill my glass with milk, please.
3 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • There is half a glass of milk in each pound of chocolate we produce.
4 Definition

Glassware.

Example Sentences
  • We collected art glass.
5 Definition

A mirror.

Example Sentences
  • She adjusted her lipstick in the glass.
6 Definition

A magnifying glass or telescope.

7 Definition

A barrier made of solid, transparent material.

8 Definition

A barometer.

9 Definition

(in names of species) Transparent or translucent.

Example Sentences
  • glass frog;  glass shrimp;  glass worm
10 Definition

An hourglass.

11 Definition

Lenses, considered collectively.

Example Sentences
  • Her new camera was incompatible with her old one, so she needed to buy new glass.
Verb
10 definition(s)
1 Definition

To apply fibreglass to.

Example Sentences
  • to fibreglass the hull of a fishing-boat
2 Definition

To fit with glass; to glaze.

3 Definition

To enclose in glass.

4 Definition

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

5 Definition

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

6 Definition

To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.

7 Definition

To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.

8 Definition

To reflect; to mirror.

9 Definition

To make glassy.

10 Definition

To become glassy.