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- Dictionaryglass/ɡlas/
noun
- 1. a hard, brittle substance, typically transparent or translucent, made by fusing sand with soda, lime, and sometimes other ingredients and cooling rapidly. It is used to make windows, drinking containers, and other articles: "a glass door"
- 2. a drinking container made from glass: "a beer glass"
verb
- 1. cover or enclose with glass: "the inn has a long balcony, now glassed in"
- 2. (especially in hunting) scan (one's surroundings) with binoculars: "the first day was spent glassing the rolling hills"
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glass, an inorganic solid material that is usually transparent or translucent as well as hard, brittle, and impervious to the natural elements. Glass has been made into practical and decorative objects since ancient times, and it is still very important in applications as disparate as building construction, housewares, and telecommunications.
The meaning of GLASS is any of various amorphous materials formed from a melt by cooling to rigidity without crystallization. How to use glass in a sentence.
The standard definition of a glass (or vitreous solid) is a non-crystalline solid formed by rapid melt quenching. However, the term "glass" is often defined in a broader sense, to describe any non-crystalline solid that exhibits a glass transition when heated towards the liquid state. Glass is an amorphous solid.
Glass definition: a hard, brittle, noncrystalline, more or less transparent substance produced by fusion, usually consisting of mutually dissolved silica and silicates that also contain soda and lime, as in the ordinary variety used for windows and bottles.. See examples of GLASS used in a sentence.
GLASS definition: 1. a hard, transparent material, used to make windows, bottles, and other objects: 2. objects made…. Learn more.
Aug 9, 2019 · By. Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D. Updated on August 09, 2019. Glass is an amorphous solid. The term is usually applied to inorganic solids and not to plastics or other organics. Glasses do not have crystalline internal structure. They usually are hard and brittle solids . Glass Examples. Read More. Mystery of Amorphous Solids Unveiled.
noun. 1. a. a hard brittle transparent or translucent noncrystalline solid, consisting of metal silicates or similar compounds. It is made from a fused mixture of oxides, such as lime, silicon dioxide, etc, and is used for making windows, mirrors, bottles, etc. b.
glass. (glæs, glɑs) n. 1. a hard, brittle, noncrystalline, more or less transparent substance, atomically a supercooled liquid, usu. produced by fusing silicates containing soda and lime, as in the ordinary variety used for windows and bottles.
GLASS meaning: 1. a hard, transparent material, used to make windows, bottles, and other objects: 2. objects made…. Learn more.
Definition of glass noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. glass. noun. /ɡlɑːs/ /ɡlæs/ Idioms. clear substance. [uncountable] a hard, usually clear, substance used, for example, for making windows and bottles. a sheet/pane of glass. I cut myself on a piece of broken glass. frosted/toughened glass. a glass bottle/jar.
