Glass
noun
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- (a hard, brittle substance, usually transparent, made by fusing sand with soda, potash, etc., glassware, glass drinking vessel, its contents, a ens, a telescope, barometer, or other instrument) made of glass កែវ, drinking glass កែវ, reading glass កែវហើម, window glass កញ្ចក looking glass កញ្ចក់ឆ្លុះមុខ
verb — past tense: glassed ; past participle: glassed ; present participle: glassing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To cover with lass. to glaze. -glass wool fine fibers of glass intertwined in a woolly mass) ដាក់កញ្ចក់
Example: Made of glass, A sheet of glass, Glass in a picture frame, A Glass.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time; an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a vessel is exhausted of its sand.
- 2.
- A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous liquors; as, he took a glass at dinner.
- 3.
- An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the plural, spectacles; as, a pair of glasses; he wears glasses.
- 4.
- A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of ornament.
verb — past tense: glassed ; past participle: glassed ; present participle: glassing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) Anything made of glass.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; -- used reflexively.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To case in glass.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cover or furnish with glass; to glaze.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To smooth or polish anything, as leater, by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
- 1.
- A looking-glass, a mirror
- 2.
- A weatherglass, a barometer