milk glass

English

Bowl made of milk glass

Etymology

The attribute "milk" refers to the milky look of this type of glass. It was first produced in Italy in the 1500s as an imitation of Chinese porcelain.

Noun

milk glass (countable and uncountable, plural milk glasses)

1. (usually uncountable) opaque glass, especially the kind having a white shade
2. (countable) a drinking glass intended or currently used for milk

Hypernyms

• opal glass

Translations

white, opaque glass

• Bulgarian: матово стъкло (matovo stǎklo)
• Finnish: maitolasi (fi)
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• German: Milchglas (de) n