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Glass

Noun

Definiciones

1.NounAn amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).
"This tabletop is made of glass.; A popular myth is that window glass is actually an extremely viscous liquid."
2.NounAny amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).
"Metal glasses, unlike those based on silica, are electrically conductive, which can be either an advantage or a disadvantage, depending on the application."
3.NounA vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
"Would you like a glass of wine?; Fill my glass with milk, please."
4.NounThe quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
"There is half a glass of milk in each pound of chocolate we produce."
5.NounGlassware.
"We collected art glass."
6.NounA mirror.
"She adjusted her lipstick in the glass."
7.NounA magnifying glass or loupe.
8.NounA telescope.
9.NounA barrier made of solid, transparent material. The backboard.
"He caught the rebound off the glass.; He fired the outlet pass off the glass."
10.NounThe backboard.
"He caught the rebound off the glass."
11.NounThe clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
"He fired the outlet pass off the glass."
12.NounA barometer.
13.NounTransparent or translucent.
"glass frog;  glass shrimp;  glass worm"
14.NounAn hourglass.
15.NounLenses, considered collectively.
"Her new camera was incompatible with her old one, so she needed to buy new glass."
16.NounSynonym of window or pane, particularly in vehicles.
17.VerbTo fit with glass; to glaze.
18.VerbTo enclose in glass.
19.VerbClipping of fibreglass (“to fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fiberglass)”).
20.VerbTo strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
21.VerbTo bombard an area with such intensity (by means of a nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
22.VerbTo view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
23.VerbTo smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
24.VerbTo reflect; to mirror.
25.VerbTo make glassy.
26.VerbTo become glassy.
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