glasses
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/ˈɡlasɪz/
English
Definitions
verb
- To apply fibreglass to.“to fibreglass the hull of a fishing-boat”
noun
- An amorphous solid, often transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda, potash and lime.“A popular myth is that window glass is actually an extremely viscous liquid.”
- A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.“Fill my glass with milk, please.”
- (metonymically) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.“There is half a glass of milk in each pound of chocolate we produce.”
- Glassware.“We collected art glass.”
verb
- To fit with glass; to glaze.
- To enclose in glass.
- To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
- To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
noun
- Spectacles, frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes.
- Field glasses; binoculars.
Related words
Synonyms
glassbioptikoneyeglassesspecsspectaclesbeakersbeersbifocalsbinocularscheckersclockscocktailscross-sectionscrystalscupscutsdrinkseye