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 (usually uncountable, plural milk glasses)

1. opaque glass, especially the white shade of it

Hypernyms

• opal glass

Translations

white, opaque glass

• Finnish: maitolasi (fi)
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• German: Milchglas (de) n