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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English glasen, from glas (“glas”), possibly from an unrecorded Old English *glæsan, *glasian. Related to glazen.
The noun is from the verb.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
glaze (countable and uncountable, plural glazes)
- (ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).
- A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
- A smooth edible coating applied to food.
- (meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
- Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
- A glazing oven; glost oven.
Translations[edit]
coating on pottery
layer of paint
edible coating
meteorology: smooth coating of ice caused by freezing rain
glazing oven
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Verb[edit]
glaze (third-person singular simple present glazes, present participle glazing, simple past and past participle glazed)
- (transitive) To install windows.
- (transitive, ceramics, painting) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
- 2004, Frank Hamer; Janet Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, 5th edition, London; Philadelphia, Penn.: A & C Black; University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 248:
- An overfired biscuit has insufficient porosity for glazing.
- (intransitive) To become glazed or glassy.
- (intransitive) For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance.
Translations[edit]
to install windows
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to become glazed
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to apply a thin layer of coating
to apply a thin layer of coating in painting
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to apply a thin layer of coating in ceramics
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characteristic change of eyes
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to look without interest
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References[edit]
- Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1]
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Verb[edit]
glaze
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