| glass (ɡlɑːs) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a hard brittle transparent or translucent noncrystalline solid, consisting of metal silicates or similar compounds. It is made from a fused mixture of oxides, such as lime, silicon dioxide, etc, and is used for making windows, mirrors, bottles, etc |
| b. (as modifier): a glass bottle Related: vitreous, vitric | |
| 2. | any compound that has solidified from a molten state into a noncrystalline form |
| 3. | something made of glass, esp a drinking vessel, a barometer, or a mirror |
| 4. | Also called: glassful the amount contained in a drinking glass |
| 5. | glassware collectively |
| 6. | See volcanic glass |
| 7. | See fibreglass |
| —vb | |
| 8. | to cover with, enclose in, or fit with glass |
| 9. | informal to hit (someone) in the face with a glass or a bottle |
| Related: vitreous, vitric | |
| [Old English glæs; related to Old Norse gler, Old High German glas, Middle High German glast brightness; see | |
| 'glassless | |
| —adj | |
| 'glasslike | |
| —adj | |
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |