glass

CEFRA1

/ɡlɑːs/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A hard, clear material used for windows and containers.

  2. 02

    noun

    A container for drinking, usually made of glass.

Examples

  • Is this your glass or your sister's?

  • She cut her finger on a piece of glass.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • [ɡlas]
  • [ɡleəs]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.

  2. Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).

  3. 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).

More examples

In context

  • Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

  • A popular myth is that window glass is actually an extremely viscous liquid.

  • Metal glasses, unlike those based on silica, are electrically conductive, which can be either an advantage or a disadvantage, depending on the application.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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, Low German and German Glas, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish glas, Norwegian Bokmål glass, Icelandic gler.