glass
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- n a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
- n a container for holding liquids while drinking
- n the quantity a glass will hold
- n a small refracting telescope
- n an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
- n a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror
- n glassware collectively
She collected old glass - v furnish with glass
glass the windows - v scan (game in the forest) with binoculars
- v enclose with glass
glass in a porch - v put in a glass container
- v become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
- The "glass womb" is made from two glass slides, one with a scarcely visible depression containing a ripe ovum.
- Children and animals that live in glassed houses are cheated of that ultraviolet part of the sun's light which helps the bones ossify.
- While almost every Chinese dynasty has produced glass work usually vases or bowls the creations of today's glass artists bear little relation to either the functional or .