milk glass

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English

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Bowl made of milk glass

Etymology

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(opaque glass): Referring to the milky look of this type of glass.

Noun

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milk glass (countable and uncountable, plural milk glasses)

  1. (usually uncountable) Opaque glass, especially the kind having a white shade; first produced in Italy in the 1500s as an imitation of Chinese porcelain.
    Alternative forms: milk-glass, milkglass
  2. (countable) A drinking glass intended or currently used for milk.

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