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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A magnifying glass or telescope.
  • A mirror.
  • A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
  • colloquial The backboard.
  • icehockey The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
  • uncountable Amorphous (non-crystalline) substance.
  • The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
  • uncountable A solid, transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda, potash and lime.
  • uncountable Glassware.

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Verb:

  • To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
  • To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars
  • British|colloquial To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
  • transitive To enclose with glass.
  • transitive To furnish with glass; to glaze.

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