glass

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   glassware collectively

   I collected old glass.

2. 2
   verb

   enclose with glass

   glass in a porch

3. 3
   verb

   furnish with glass

   glass the windows

4. 4
   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).

   This tabletop is made of glass.

5. 5
   noun

   Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).

   Metal glasses, unlike those based on silica, are electrically conductive, which can be either an advantage or a disadvantage, depending on the application.

6. 6
   noun

   A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.

   Would you like a glass of wine?

7. 7
   noun

   The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.

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

8. 8
   noun

   Glassware.

   We collected art glass.

Etymology

* As an English, Jewish and German surname, from the noun glass. * Also as an English surname, from a nickname derived from French glas (“bell, tumult, clash of arms”). * As a Celtic surname (Irish, Welsh, Cornish, and Scottish Gaelic), Anglicized from the adjective glas (“grey”). * Also as a German surname, altered from the personal name Klass, shortened from Nikolaus, compare Nicholas. * As a Slovene surname, Americanized and Germanized from Glas.