glass

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English

Alternative forms

• glasse (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English glas, from Old English glæs, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, possibly related to Proto-Germanic *glōaną (“to shine”) (compare glow), and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”). Cognate with West Frisian glês, Dutch glas, Low German Glas, German Glas, Swedish glas, Icelandic gler.

Pronunciation

• enPR: gläs, IPA^(key): /ɡlɑːs/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [ɡlɑːs]
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): [ɡläːs], [ɡlɐːs]
• enPR: glăs, IPA^(key): /ɡlæs/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): [ɡlæs], [ɡlɛəs], [ɡleəs]
• (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) IPA^(key): [ɡlas], [ɡläs]
• Rhymes: -ɑːs, -æs

Noun

glass (countable and uncountable, plural glasses)

1. (usually uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).

   Hyponyms: borosilicate glass, lechatelierite, pyrex, Pyrex, sea glass, volcanic glass
2. (countable, uncountable, by extension) Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).

4. (countable) A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.

   Hyponyms: beer glass, pint glass, shot glass, water glass, wine glass; more at :Category:en:Vessels

   Coordinate terms: cup; bottle; can

5. (metonymically) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
6. (uncountable) Glassware.

7. A mirror.
   • 1599, Thomas Dekker, Old Fortunatus, Act III, Scene 1, J.M. Dent & Co., 1904, p. 67,^[1]

     […] for what lady can abide to love a spruce silken-face courtier, that stands every morning two or three hours learning how to look by his glass, how to speak by his glass, how to sigh by his glass, how to court his mistress by his glass? I would wish him no other plague, but to have a mistress as brittle as glass.

8. A magnifying glass or telescope.
9. (sports) A barrier made of solid, transparent material.
   1. (basketball, colloquial) The backboard.

   2. (ice hockey) The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.

10. A barometer.
11. (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.

12. (obsolete) An hourglass.
13. (uncountable, photography, informal) Lenses, considered collectively.

14. (countable, now rare) Synonym of window or pane, particularly in vehicles.

Derived terms

Related terms

• glaze
• glazier
• glazing

Descendants

• → Gulf Arabic: قلاص (gḷāṣ)
• → Fiji Hindi: gilaas
• → Japanese: グラス (gurasu)
• → Kikuyu: ngirathi
• → Malay: gelas, ݢلس

Translations

Verb

glass (third-person singular simple present glasses, present participle glassing, simple past and past participle glassed)

1. (transitive) To fit with glass; to glaze.
2. (transitive) To enclose in glass.
3. (transitive) Clipping of fibreglass. To fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fiberglass).
4. (transitive, UK, colloquial) To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
   • 1987, John Godber, Bouncers page 19:

     JUDD. Any trouble last night?

     LES. Usual. Couple of punks got glassed.

   • 2002, Geoff Doherty, A Promoter's Tale page 72:

     I often mused on what the politicians or authorities would say if they could see for themselves the horrendous consequences of someone who’d been glassed, or viciously assaulted.

   • 2003, Mark Sturdy, Pulp page 139:

     One night he was in this nightclub in Sheffield and he got glassed by this bloke who’d been just let out of prison that day.

5. (transitive, science fiction) To bombard an area with such intensity (by means of a nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
6. (transitive) To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
7. (transitive) To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
8. (archaic, reflexive) To reflect; to mirror.
9. (transitive) To make glassy.
10. (intransitive) To become glassy.

Translations

Anagrams

• slags

Manx

Etymology 1

From Old Irish glas (“blue-grey, green”), from Proto-Celtic *glastos.

Adjective

glass

1. green (of nature), verdant

   Ta'n londaig hannah jeeaghyn slane glass. ― The lawn looks quite green already.

   yn faarkey glass tonnagh foin ― the green billowy sea under us

   yn awin ghlass ― the green river

2. grey (of animal), ashen (colour)
3. soft, pale, pasty
4. raw, unfledged, sappy
5. callow (of youth)

Derived terms

• coo glass (“greyhound; tope”)
• glassrey

See also

Etymology 2

From Old Irish glas (“lock, clasp”).

Noun

glass m (genitive singular glish or gleish, plural glish or gleish)

1. lock

   Hooar eh y glass er y dorrys roish. ― He found himself locked out.

   T'eh fo glass. ― He is behind bars.

   Ta glass er my hengey. ― My lips are sealed.

   Ta glass y dorrys er y çheu sthie. ― The door locks on the inside.

   Ta'n ogher shoh gentreil y glass. ― This key goes in the lock.

   Vrish ad y glass. ― They forced the lock.

Verb

glass (verbal noun glassey)

1. lock up, secure

Mutation

Middle English

Noun

glass

1. Alternative form of glas

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German glas.

Pronunciation

Noun

glass n (definite singular glasset, indefinite plural glass, definite plural glassa or glassene)

1. glass (a hard and transparent material)
2. a glass (container for drink made of glass)

   et glass vin - a glass of wine

3. a small container, such as a jar or bottle

Derived terms

See also

• glas (Nynorsk)

References

• “glass” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• glace (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from French glace.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlas/

Noun

glass c

2. (countable, uncountable) ice cream

4. (countable, uncountable) frozen fruit juice, flavored sugar water or the like, especially when served as a popsicle / ice lolly or freeze pop

   Synonym: isglass

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• glas (“glass”)

References

• glass in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• glass in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• glass in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• slags