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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.
plate glass
noun
- glass formed into a thin sheet by rolling, used for windows
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Other Words From
- plate-glass plateglass adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of plate glass1
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Example Sentences
At the lower or west end of the room the wall had been removed and replaced by a single immense pane of plate glass.
Even the shops that were closed offered, through wide expanses of plate-glass, hints of hidden riches.
I have taken care to keep them under lock and key, behind plate glass, for more than fifty years.
Yes, there they sit; and others, perhaps, besides Fitz have cast a sheep's-eye through those enormous plate-glass windowpanes.
That stuff must be a hundred times more transparent than the finest plate glass!
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