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Meanings of glass in English

Portuguese
copo
Catalan
vas
Spanish
vaso
Wikidata

A container for holding liquids while drinking.

copo
Russian
стекло
Portuguese
vitral
Catalan
vidre
Spanish
vidrio
Wikidata

Amorphous solid that exhibits a glass transition when heated towards the liquid state.

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стекло
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Examples for "drinking glass"
Examples for "drinking glass"
1
Reed stared through his drinking glass to the cubes of ice within.
Eve of darkness
2
One day a drinking glass shattered on the kitchen floor.
Making toast
3
There's a cluster of carnations in the drinking glass, but-
The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million
4
There were daffodils dried to scabs in a drinking glass.
Flesh and blood
5
She got a plastic drinking glass out of the cupboard and poured it full.
Skin Game
Portuguese
metanfetamina
Catalan
clorhidrat de metamfetamina
Spanish
metanfetamina

An addictive psychoactive drug of formula C₁₀H₁₅N.

metanfetamina
Portuguese
luneta
Catalan
llargavista

A small refracting telescope.

luneta
Usage of glass in English
1
Friendly service, good wines by the glass and fine value for money.
The Guardian
2
Ahead of the glass roof is a glass windscreen; nothing new there.
BBC
3
Cork and Kerry through the looking glass: what did the result mean?
The Irish Times
4
The sign next to it read: Break glass in case of profit.
The Irish Times
5
The weaker market has led to price cuts among LCD glass makers.
Reuters
6
He started to open the glass case to get a better look.
Gutshot straight
7
A glass display protected an ancient book, containing the key to power.
Wired
8
My personal home has south facing glass, looking out over the ocean.
The new yorker
9
The light found its way through a clear section of the glass.
The undertaker's gift
10
Arkady filled a third glass and said, Go ahead, ask her in.
Three stations: an arkady renko novel
11
Here are the giants of Soviet rocketry, one per glass display case.
Packing for mars: the curious science of life in the void
12
Dewey and Suze agreed and stepped out onto the green glass sea.
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
13
He said, 'I hope you will take a glass with me, Thomas?
Relentless Pursuit
14
We wonder if they're glass or stone, washed smooth by the sea.
The Irish Times
15
Let me at least offer you a glass of water or something.
One summer in santa fe
16
Frankie was well on her way through her second glass of wine.
Bake sale murder
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