Glass
Minimalist composer's surname
Glass is a hard, transparent material made by fusing sand with other substances at high heat.
Windows, bottles, mirrors, and lenses are made of glass.
The word extends to drinking vessels a glass of water and eyewear reading glasses.
Glass suggests fragility—a glass jaw is easily broken, a glass ceiling is an invisible barrier.
To glass someone (British slang) is to attack them with a broken bottle.
Silicon dioxide compound
- sandFine rock particles
- transparentAllowing light through
- brittleLiable to shatter
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
fragile · molten · tempered · laminated · borosilicate · crystal · pane · shard
Flat-bottomed drinking vessel
- gobletStemmed drinking vessel
- chaliceOrnate ritual drinking vessel
- fluteTube blown sideways
- snifterShort-stemmed brandy goblet
highball · lowball · stemware · pint · shot · wine · champagne · cocktail
Corrective eyewear worn daily
- lensesCurved transparent refractors
- framesRigid enclosing structures
- bifocalsDual-strength corrective lenses
- readingInterpreting written text
prescription · magnifying · monocle · lorgnette · optician · vision · corrective · trifocals
Sheet of glass
- windowpaneSheet of glass
- stainedMarred by discoloration
- leadedContaining heavy metal strips
- mullionVertical window bar
sash · casement · skylight · putty · insulated · plate · float · sheet
Moved by air
- VenetianOf or from Venice
- lampworkShaping glass with torches
- kilnOven for hardening clay
- fusedJoined by melting together
slumping · millefiori · paperweight · sculpture · bead · marble · figurine · vase
Returned light or thought
- silveredGiven reflective coating
- lookingUsing eyes to observe
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
- compactTightly packed together
full-length · hand · magnifying · two-way · rearview · reflective · mercury · backing
silica
Silicon dioxide compound
- sandFine rock particles
- transparentAllowing light through
- brittleLiable to shatter
shatter · fragile · molten · tempered · laminated · borosilicate · crystal · pane · shard · clear
tumbler
Flat-bottomed drinking vessel
snifter · highball · lowball · stemware · pint · shot · wine · champagne · cocktail · beer
spectacles
Corrective eyewear worn daily
- lensesCurved transparent refractors
- framesRigid enclosing structures
- bifocalsDual-strength corrective lenses
reading · prescription · magnifying · monocle · lorgnette · optician · vision · corrective · trifocals · progressive
pane
Sheet of glass
- windowpaneSheet of glass
- stainedMarred by discoloration
- leadedContaining heavy metal strips
mullion · sash · casement · skylight · putty · insulated · plate · float · sheet · picture
blown
Moved by air
fused · slumping · millefiori · paperweight · sculpture · bead · marble · figurine · vase · ornament
reflection
Returned light or thought
compact · full-length · hand · magnifying · two-way · rearview · reflective · mercury · backing · distortion
beaker
Laboratory measuring container
- flaskPortable liquid container
- test tubeNarrow cylindrical lab vessel
- pipetteGraduated liquid transfer tube
graduated · Pyrex · borosilicate · lab · retort · burette · petri · vial · microscope · slide
- Bruce Willis filmsDie Hard, Pulp Fiction, The Sixth Sense, Armageddon, The Fifth Element
- Shyamalan FilmsThe Sixth Sense
- glass of waterDrinking vessel with H2O
- magnifying glassHandheld lens for enlargement
- reading glassesCorrective lenses for close-up
- crystal glassPremium transparent drinkware
- shot glassSmall vessel for spirits
- glass slipperTransparent formal footwear from folklore
glasses, glassy, glassware, glasswork, glassblower, glassblowing, glasshouse, glassmaker, glassmaking