glass
/ɡlæs/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.85 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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).
Uncountable
noun
A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "This tabletop is made of glass."
- "A popular myth is that window glass is actually an extremely viscous liquid."
- "I can eat glass, it does not hurt me"
- "The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight."
- "Metal glasses, unlike those based on silica, are electrically conductive, which can be either an advantage or a disadvantage, depending on the application."
- "Would you like a glass of wine?"
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”). Cognate with West Frisian glês, Low German and German Glas, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish glas, Norwegian Bokmål glass, Icelandic gler.
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɡlæs/
- British English: /ɡlɑːs/
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Synonyms
window or pane
particularly in vehicles
field glass
spyglass
drinking glass
looking glass
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