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glassware

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glass·ware  (glswâr)
n.
Objects, especially containers, made of glass. Also called glasswork.
glassware [ˈglɑːsˌwɛə]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) articles made of glass
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.glasswareglassware - 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
glassware [ˈglɑːswɛəʳ] N → cristalería f, objetos mpl de cristal
glassware [ˈglɑːswɛər] n → verrerie f
glassware [ˈglɑːsˌwɛəʳ] n → cristalleria, articoli mpl di vetro
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.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
She longed to have Manuel for a butler; so silently and easily did he comport himself among the frail glassware and dainty silver.
Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
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