Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cut glass

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.70 in modern English

Syllables: cut -glass
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Glass that has been cut, using an abrasive wheel, into a decorative pattern of facets.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own."
"[…] though cut glass was nothing new in the nineties, it was then especially busy reflecting the dazzling light of fashion from the Back Bay to the fastnesses of the Middle West."

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

cutglass

Phrases

cut-glass

Frequently Paired Words

crystal

Questions

What does cut glass mean?: Glass that has been cut, using an abrasive wheel, into a decorative pattern of facets.

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