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Synonyms for glass

Most common

ice trash chicken feed chalk mirror window goblet tumbler

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    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).

    This tabletop is made of glass.

  2. n. 2

    Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).

    Metal glasses, unlike those based on silica, are electrically conductive, which can be either an advantage or a disadvantage, depending on the application.

  3. n. 3

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

    Would you like a glass of wine?

  4. v. 1

    To fit with glass; to glaze.

Forms

Plural
glasses → ices, trashes, chalks, methamphetamines…
Past participle
glassed
e.g. glassed → glazed…

Example sentences

  • ice It was so hot that she felt like eating ice cream.
  • trash Yanni's house is full of trash and smells of mold.
  • chalk Tom has chalk on his sleeve. Maybe he's a teacher.
  • mirror I like to have a full-length mirror in my bedroom.
  • window Since the weather is so good, can I open a window?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
glasssteady
icesteady
trashrising
chalksteady
mirrorrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
ice1
4 letters
lens1, meth1, pane1
5 letters
trash1, chalk1, crank1, prism2, glaze1, shabu
6 letters
window2, mirror2, goblet2, beaker2
7 letters
tumbler2
8 letters
speculum
9 letters
telescope3, reflector3
10 letters
microscope3, fiberglass3, fibreglass, hygrometer4, methedrine
14 letters
deoxyephedrine
15 letters
methamphetamine5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (prism2 = 2 syllables).

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