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Glasses

/ˈɡlasɪz/

To apply fibreglass to.

📖 Definitions of "Glasses"

verb
  1. 1

    To apply fibreglass to.

    "to fibreglass the hull of a fishing-boat"

noun
  1. 1

    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."

  2. 2

    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."

  3. 3

    (metonymically) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.

    "There is half a glass of milk in each pound of chocolate we produce."

  4. 4

    Glassware.

    "We collected art glass."

verb
  1. 1

    To fit with glass; to glaze.

  2. 2

    To enclose in glass.

  3. 3

    To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.

  4. 4

    To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.

noun
  1. 1

    Spectacles, frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes.

  2. 2

    Field glasses; binoculars.

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