glass

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) 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. (broadly, countable, uncountable) Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).
3. (countable) A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
4. (countable, metonymically, uncountable) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
5. (uncountable) Glassware.
6. (countable, uncountable) A mirror.
7. (countable, uncountable) A magnifying glass or loupe.
8. (countable, uncountable) A telescope.
9. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) A barrier made of solid, transparent material.
10. (countable, uncountable) A barrier made of solid, transparent material.
11. (countable, uncountable) A barometer.
12. (attributive, countable, uncountable) Transparent or translucent.
13. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) An hourglass.
14. (informal, uncountable) Lenses, considered collectively.
15. (archaic, countable) Synonym of window or pane, particularly in vehicles.

Verb

1. (transitive) To fit with glass; to glaze.
2. (transitive) To enclose in glass.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, transitive) Clipping of fibreglass (“to fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fiberglass)”).
4. (UK, colloquial, transitive) To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
5. (transitive) To bombard an area with such intensity (by means of a nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
6. (transitive) To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
7. (transitive) To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
8. (archaic, reflexive) To reflect; to mirror.
9. (transitive) To make glassy.
10. (intransitive) To become glassy.

Synonyms

cup

mirror

🪞

tumbler

crystal

drinking glass

goblet

bottle

glaze

looking-glass

mug

vessel

binoculars

jar

🫙

ice

🧊

beaker

glass over

looking glass

glaze over

field glass

meth

vitreous

spyglass

pane

panel

glassful

methamphetamine

window

🪟

glasses

chicken feed

shabu

deoxyephedrine

methamphetamine hydrochloride

chalk

eyeglasses

👓

bowl

Methedrine

enamel

vitrify

trash

speculum

speed

glazed

glassware

glass in

crank

lens

reflector

flint glass

flint

flashlight

🔦

Translations

verre

Glas

glas

vetro

bicchiere

vidrio

vaso

ποτήρι

vidro

copa

copo

bardak

γυαλί

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡlɑːs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: glas

Inherited from Old English: glæs

Cognate with Western Frisian: glês

Cognate with Dutch: glas

Cognate with Low German: Glas

Cognate with German: Glas

Cognate with Swedish: glas

Cognate with Icelandic: gler

In summary

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 *ǵʰleh₁- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”).
Cognate with West Frisian glês, Dutch glas, Low German Glas, German Glas, Swedish glas, Icelandic gler.

Sentences

She specializes in the field of ancient glass .

The furnaces shut down and the liquid glass cooled and hardened .

Steuben then produced primarily colorless art glass .