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bottle glass

noun

  1. glass of a deep green or amber color.


bottle glass

noun

  1. glass used for making bottles, consisting of a silicate of sodium, calcium, and aluminium


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Other Words From

  • bottle-glass adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bottle glass1

First recorded in 1620–30

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Example Sentences

Around, the floor was composed of solid dark green obsidian, as hard and transparent and sharp as bottle-glass.

To make bottle-glass, oxide of iron and alumina is added to the silica, lime, and soda.

A pot of green bottle-glass had been allowed to cool slowly with the result that it had a stony, rather than a vitreous structure.

Flint, plate glass, old bottle glass, onyx--all could be worked with equal facility.

It was guarded by a wall about eight feet high, the top of which bristled with bottle-glass.

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