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Definition of plate glasses - 1 dictionary result

plate glass

–noun
a soda-lime-silica glass formed by rolling the hot glass into a plate that is subsequently ground and polished, used in large windows, mirrors, etc.

Origin:
1720–30


plate-glass, plateglass, adjective
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