glass
Forms
- Plural
- glasses
- present (v1)
- glass
- past (v2)
- glassed
- past participle (v3)
- glassed
- present participle
- glassing
- 3rd person singular
- glasses
Definitions
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).
- This tabletop is made of glass.
- A popular myth is that window glass is actually an extremely viscous liquid.
2.Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).
- Metal glasses, unlike those based on silica, are electrically conductive, which can be either an advantage or a disadvantage, depending on the application.
3.The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
- There is half a glass of milk in each pound of chocolate we produce.
- Here was my chance. I took the old man aside, and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence.
4.A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
- Would you like a glass of wine?
- Fill my glass with milk, please.
1.Clipping of fibreglass (“to fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fiberglass)”).
2.To fit with glass; to glaze.
3.To enclose in glass.
4.To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.(colloquial)
- One night he was in this nightclub in Sheffield and he got glassed by this bloke who’d been just let out of prison that day.
- I often mused on what the politicians or authorities would say if they could see for themselves the horrendous consequences of someone who’d been glassed, or viciously assaulted.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1022
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Common
Etymology
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”).