Glass

  • 21Glass — This article is about the material. For other uses, see Glass (disambiguation). Moldavite, a natural glass formed by meteorite impact, from Besednice, Bohemia …

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  • 22glass — glassless, adj. glasslike, adj. /glas, glahs/, n. 1. a hard, brittle, noncrystalline, more or less transparent substance produced by fusion, usually consisting of mutually dissolved silica and silicates that also contain soda and lime, as in the… …

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  • 23Glass — /glas, glahs/, n. 1. Carter, 1858 1946, U.S. statesman. 2. Philip, born 1937, U.S. composer. * * * I Solid material, typically a mix of inorganic compounds, usually transparent or translucent, hard, brittle, and impervious to the natural elements …

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  • 24GLASS — Earliest Times The earliest manufacture of glass does not antedate the late third millennium B.C.E., when the first glass beads were made in Mesopotamia and Egypt. The invention of glass vessel making dates to the mid second millennium B.C.E.,… …

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  • 25glass — glass1 W1S1 [gla:s US glæs] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(transparent material)¦ 2¦(for drinking)¦ 3¦(amount of liquid)¦ 4¦(for eyes)¦ 5¦(glass objects)¦ 6 people in glass houses shouldn t throw stones 7 under glass 8¦(mirror)¦ 9 the glass ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [ …

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  • 26glass — n., v., & adj. n. 1 a (often attrib.) a hard, brittle, usu. transparent, translucent, or shiny substance, made by fusing sand with soda and lime and sometimes other ingredients (a glass jug) (cf. crown glass, flint glass, plate glass). b a… …

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  • 27glass — noun 1 transparent substance ADJECTIVE ▪ clear, coloured/colored, opaque, plain, smoked, tinted ▪ broken ▪ flying …

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  • 28glass — Synonyms and related words: CM glass, CR glass, achromatic lens, adobe, aerological instrument, agate glass, alabaster, aneroid barometer, aneroidograph, astigmatic lens, barograph, barometer, barometrograph, beaker, bifocals, bijouterie,… …

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  • 29Glass — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Glass est un patronyme partagé par : Ann Gisel Glass, actrice française de cinéma et de télévision Bernhard Glass, ancien lugeur est allemand Carter… …

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  • 30glass — 1 noun 1 TRANSPARENT (U) a transparent solid substance, for example used for making windows and bottles: a glass bowl | Polly cut herself on a piece of broken glass. 2 FOR DRINKING (C) a container used for drinking made of glass, or the drink in… …

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