glass sphere

Transparent round object

A glass sphere is a ball made of glass—solid or hollow, ranging from marble-sized to decorative orbs.

Glass spheres appear in fortune-telling imagery the psychic gazed into her glass sphere, as paperweights, garden ornaments, and scientific instruments.

Crystal balls are the most culturally familiar type, though technically crystal and glass differ.

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bubble · gazing · fortune · clear · round · transparent · smooth · reflection · light · paperweight · ornament · blown · delicate · shimmering · witch · prophecy · snowglobe · bauble

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Opposites
material transparency

glass sphererubber ball

Elastic sphere that rebounds

black marble · lead ball

geometric shape

glass sphereglass panel

Flat transparent architectural section

glass brick · glass pyramid · glass rod · glass shard

material composition

glass sphererubber ball

Elastic sphere that rebounds

foam ball · leather ball · sponge ball · stress ball · bouncy ball

Family

glass, sphere, glasses, glassy, glassware, glasshouse, spheres, spherical, spheroid

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G