glass ball

Crystal gazer's prop

A glass ball is a sphere made of glass.

The term covers everything from decorative ornaments to fortune-teller's crystal balls to the small marbles children play with.

Glass balls appear in Christmas decorations, fishing floats, and paperweights.

She gazed into the glass ball, pretending to see the future.

Related
  • crystalOrdered-atom solid
  • spherePerfectly round solid
  • marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
  • orbLuminous celestial body
  • gazingProlonged, intent looking

fortune · fortune teller · palm reading · clear · smooth · round · bounce · Newton's cradle · reflection · transparent · shiny · paperweight · ornament · bauble · Christmas · Christmas tree · snow globe · rolling

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Opposites
material transparency

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Elastic sphere that rebounds

lead ball · cannonball · bowling ball · billiard ball · leather ball

structural solidity

glass ballbubble

Air-filled film sphere

glass marble · balloon · soap bubble · glass ornament

geometric form

glass ballglass shard

Fragment of broken pane

glass pane · glass block · glass pyramid · glass rod · plate glass

Family

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Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G