glass

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.6 Interjection 2 Manx 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Adjective 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Noun 3 Swedish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Old English glæs, cognate with Old Saxon and Old High German glas (“‘amber’”), which (in OHG) is attested as a gloss for Latin electrum (“‘amber’”). These words are developed from Proto-Germanic *glaso-. Possibly ultimately from the Proto-Germanic root *glō-, *to shine (compare glow).

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• (GenAM) IPA: [glæs]
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  Rhymes: -ɑːs

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glass (countable and uncountable; plural glasses)

1. (uncountable) A solid, transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda, potash and lime.

   The tabletop is made of glass.

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. The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.

   Would you like a glass of milk?

4. (physics, uncountable) Amorphous (non-crystalline) substance.

   A popular myth is that window glass actually is an extremely viscous liquid.

5. (uncountable) Glassware.

   We collected art glass.

6. A mirror.

   She adjusted her lipstick in the glass.

7. A magnifying glass or telescope.
8. (basketball, colloquial) The backboard.

   He caught the rebound off of the glass.

9. (ice hockey) The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.

   He fired the outlet pass off the glass.

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glass (no comparative or superlative)

1. (colloquial) Fragile.

   He has a glass ankle.

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to glass (third-person singular simple present glasses, present participle glassing, simple past and past participle glassed)

1. (transitive) To furnish with glass; to glaze.
2. (transitive) To enclose with glass.
3. (transitive, British, colloquial) To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
   • 1987, John Godber, Bouncers [1]

     JUDD. Any trouble last night? / LES. Usual. Couple of punks got glassed.

   • 2002, Geoff Doherty, A Promoters Tale [2]

     I often mused on what the politicians or authorities would say if they could see for themselves the horrendous consequences of someone who’d been glassed, or viciously assaulted.

   • 2003, Mark Sturdy, Pulp [3]

     One night he was in this nightclub in Sheffield and he got glassed by this bloke who’d been just let out of prison that day.

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

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glass

1. (basketball) A warning called out to alert teammates that a shot is about to rebound off the backboard.

   The point guard launched a wobbly attempt at a three-pointer and immediately called "Glass!"

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Irish glas (“‘blue-grey, green’”)

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glass

1. green (of nature)
2. grey (of animal)
3. ashen (color/colour)
4. verdant
5. soft
6. pale
7. pasty
8. raw
9. unfledged
10. sappy
11. callow (of youth)

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From Old Irish glas (“‘lock, clasp’”)

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glass m. (plural glish)

1. lock

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Inflection for glass	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	glass	glassen	glassar	glassarna
Possessive form	glass	glassens	glassars	glassarnas

glass c.

1. ice cream