glass

Betekenis (Engels)

1. An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).
2. Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).
3. A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
4. The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
5. Glassware.
6. A mirror.
7. A magnifying glass or telescope.
8. (colloquial) A barrier made of solid, transparent material.
9. A barrier made of solid, transparent material.
10. A barometer.
11. Transparent or translucent.
12. (obsolete) An hourglass.
13. (informal) Lenses, considered collectively.
14. A pane of glass; a window (especially of a coach or similar vehicle).

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drinking glass

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glass ball

drinking vessel

sand-glass

made of glass

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field-glasses

small glass

Frekwensie

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɡlɑːs/

From Middle English glas, from Old English glæs, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, possibly related to Proto-Germanic *glōaną (“to shine”) (compare glow), and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”). Cognate with West Frisian glês, Dutch glas, Low German Glas, German Glas, Swedish glas, Icelandic gler.