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   glass

   /ɡlɑːs/

   noun

   • 1. a hard, brittle substance, typically transparent or translucent, made by fusing sand with soda and lime and cooling rapidly. It is used to make windows, drinking containers, and other articles: "the screen is made from glass"
   • ▪ a substance similar to glass which has solidified from a molten state without crystallizing: "the black volcanic glass makes the beaches sparkle"
   • ▪ glassware: "we sell china and glass" Similar glasswarecrystalcrystalwarerare:vitrics
   • ▪ greenhouses or cold frames considered collectively: "lettuces grown under glass"
   • 2. a drinking container made from glass: "a beer glass"
   • ▪ the contents of a glass: "have a glass of wine"
   • 3. a lens, or an optical instrument containing a lens or lenses, in particular a monocle or a magnifying lens.
   • 4. a mirror: British "she couldn't wait to put the dress on and look in the glass" Similar mirrorlooking glass
   • ▪ a weather glass. dated
   • ▪ an hourglass: archaic "every hour the ship's glass was turned"

   verb

   • 1. cover or enclose with glass: "the inn has a long gallery, now glassed in"
   • 2. (especially in hunting) scan (one's surroundings) with binoculars: "the first day was spent glassing the rolling hills"
   • 3. hit (someone) in the face with a beer glass: informal British "he glassed the landlord because he'd been chatting to Jo"
   • 4. reflect as if in a mirror: literary "the opposite slopes glassed themselves in the deep dark water"

   Word Origin Old Englishglæs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch glas and German Glas.

   Derivatives

   • 1. glassful noun
   • 2. glassless adjective
   • 3. glasslike adjective

   Scrabble Points: 6

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