glassworks
Where bottles form
A glassworks is a factory or workshop where glass is manufactured or shaped.
The word is singular despite its -s ending: The old glassworks has been converted into apartments.
The plural is also glassworks: Several glassworks operated along the river in the nineteenth century.
Film's chief electrician
- blowpipeBreath-propelled projectile tube
- gatherBring or come together
- glory-holeFurnace opening for glasswork
- jacksChildren's ball-and-pieces game
annealing · bubble · shears · bench · reheating · shaping · inflating · tooling
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- culletRecycled broken glass
- temperingControlled heating and cooling
- silicaSilicon dioxide compound
- soda-limeCalcium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide mix
borosilicate · laminating · toughening · coating · insulating · grinding · polishing · cutting
Silicon dioxide compound
- moltenLiquefied by extreme heat
- viscousThick and slow-flowing
- vitreousGlass-like in appearance
- crystallineClear, ordered, brilliant
transparent · translucent · flux · batch · frit · borosilicate · quartz · annealing
gaffer
Film's chief electrician
- blowpipeBreath-propelled projectile tube
- gatherBring or come together
- glory-holeFurnace opening for glasswork
jacks · annealing · bubble · shears · bench · reheating · shaping · inflating · tooling · offhand
furnace
Enclosed heat-producing structure
soda-lime · borosilicate · laminating · toughening · coating · insulating · grinding · polishing · cutting · production
silica
Silicon dioxide compound
crystalline · transparent · translucent · flux · batch · frit · borosilicate · quartz · annealing · thermal
lampworking
Torch-based glass shaping
- fusingJoining by melting
- coldworkingShaping metal unheated
- engravingCarving into hard surfaces
etching · beveling · cutting · kiln · slumping · casting · torchwork · beadmaking · sculpting · sandblasting
cathedral
Bishop's principal church
- TiffanyUpscale jewelry retailer
- leadlightGlass panes joined by strips
- rose-windowCircular ornamental church window
lancet · came · soldering · restoration · chapel · basilica · Chartres · panels · cartoons · suncatcher
- factoriesfactory, manufacturing plant, assembly plant, car factory, plants
- Industrial heritagefactory, mill, foundry, ironworks, steelworks
- American manufacturingfactory output, assembly plants, steel mills, textile mills, industrial output
- Renaissance institutionsguilds, academies, universities, monasteries, convents
- Bornholmsmoked herring
- TarnToulouse-Lautrec
glassworkspottery
Fired clay objects
brickworks · steelworks · ironworks · metalworks · foundry