glass·ware

(glăs′wâr′)

Objects, especially containers, made of glass. Also called glasswork.

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glassware

(ˈɡlɑːsˌwɛə)

(Ceramics) articles made of glass

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glass•ware

(ˈglæsˌwɛər, ˈglɑs-)

n.

articles of glass, esp. drinking glasses.

[1705–15]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

glassware - an article of tableware made of glass

glasswork

crystal - glassware made of quartz

cut glass - glass decorated by cutting or grinding facets

glass - glassware collectively; "She collected old glass"

tableware - articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware)

Venetian glass - fine glassware made near Venice

glass - a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure

Translations

articoli di vetro vetreria

стекло

glassware

[ˈglɑːswɛəʳ] N → cristalería f, objetos mpl de cristal

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

glassware

[ˈglɑːswɛə^r] n → verrerie f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

glassware

[ˈglɑːsˌwɛəʳ] n → cristalleria, articoli mpl di vetro

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To see a camel train laden with the spices of Arabia and the rare fabrics of Persia come marching through the narrow alleys of the bazaar, among porters with their burdens, money-changers, lamp-merchants, Al-naschars in the glassware business, portly cross-legged Turks smoking the famous narghili; and the crowds drifting to and fro in the fanciful costumes of the East, is a genuine revelation of the Orient.

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There, too, is held the general rendezvous of the caravans --those of the south, with their slaves and their freightage of ivory; and those of the west, which export cotton, glassware, and trinkets, to the tribes of the great lakes.

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She longed to have Manuel for a butler; so silently and easily did he comport himself among the frail glassware and dainty silver.

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If your region's water source is rich in magnesium and calcium salts ("hard" water), adding rinse-aid to your dishwasher along with the detergent may help prevent streaks an spotting on your glassware and dishes.

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Etch is the permanent physical alteration of the surface of glassware caused by elements in the wash water that attack the glass through repeated washing.

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Michael Fabricant (Con Lichfield) asked Ministers whether they 'bought British' when buying crockery, cutlery and glassware.

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Comprising 240 pages of information, the catalogue includes the company's full laboratory glassware range.

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Long a laboratory workhorse, the labware glassware washer plays a trusted--if behind-the-scenes--role in the daily activities of scientists and, as a result, are made to careful and exacting standards.

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Glassware by Linzi Hodges, of Rhyl, will be exhibited in the Rhyl Library, Museum and Art Gallery until February 22.

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Sales of PT Asahimas Flat Glass in the first quarter of this year rose 8% to 105,107 tons of glassware year on year.

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In addition broken glassware and the mercury contained in the thermometer could pose additional hazards.

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