glass
noun
[ ɡlɑːs ]
• a hard, brittle substance, typically transparent or translucent, made by fusing sand with soda and lime and cooling rapidly. It is used to make windows, drinking containers, and other articles.
• "the screen is made from glass"
• a drinking container made from glass.
• "a beer glass"
• a lens, or an optical instrument containing a lens or lenses, in particular a monocle or a magnifying lens.
• a mirror.
• "she couldn't wait to put the dress on and look in the glass"
glass
verb
• cover or enclose with glass.
• "the inn has a long gallery, now glassed in"
• (especially in hunting) scan (one's surroundings) with binoculars.
• "the first day was spent glassing the rolling hills"
• hit (someone) in the face with a beer glass.
• "he glassed the landlord because he'd been chatting to Jo"
• reflect as if in a mirror.
• "the opposite slopes glassed themselves in the deep dark water"
Origin:
Old English glæs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch glas and German Glas .
