glass

🇺🇸 /ɡlæs/ 🇬🇧 /ɡlɑːs/
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Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-A1
noun
A1

A hard, clear material used to make windows and bottles.

Be careful not to step on the broken glass.

A1

A drinking container made of glass.

She filled the glass with cold water.

A1

The amount a glass can hold.

He drank a full glass of milk.

A1

Lenses in a frame worn to help see better.

I need my glasses to read small print.

R

Items made from glass.

The museum displays beautiful glass art.

R

A clear protective cover.

Break the glass to sound the alarm.

R

A mirror.

She looked at herself in the glass.

R

A weather gauge.

The ship's glass showed falling pressure.

verb
R

To hit someone with a glass object.

He threatened to glass the attacker.

translation

n. A hard, clear material used to make windows and bottles.; A drinking container made of glass.; The amount a glass can hold.; Lenses in a frame worn to help see better.; Items made from glass.; A clear protective cover.; A mirror.; A weather gauge.
v. To hit someone with a glass object.

Word Forms

Plural glasses
Progressive glassing
Past glassed
3rd Present glasses
Perfect glassed