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stained glass

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stained glass (stnd)
n.
Glass colored by mixing pigments inherently in the glass, by fusing colored metallic oxides onto the glass, or by painting and baking transparent colors on the glass surface.

stained glass
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics)
a.  glass that has been coloured in any of various ways, as by fusing with a film of metallic oxide or burning pigment into the surface, used esp for church windows
b.  (as modifier) a stained-glass window
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Noun1.stained glass - glass that has been colored in some way; used for church windows
glass - a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
Tiffany glass - a kind of opalescent colored glass that was used in the early 1900s for stained-glass windows and lamps
Translations
stained glass [ˌsteɪndˈglɑːs] Nvidrio m de color

stained glass [ˌsteɪndˈglɑːs] nvetro colorato
stained glass [ˌsteɪndˈglɑːs] nvetro colorato

stained glass زجاج مُعَشَّق barevné sklo glasmosaik Buntglas βιτρό vidrio de colores lasimaalaus vitrail oslikani prozori vetro colorato ステンドグラス 스테인드 글라스 gebrandschilderd glas farget glass szkło witrażowe vitral витражное стекло målat glas กระจกสี vitray kính màu 彩色玻璃


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To be sure, it was a beautiful little cottage with a thatched roof and little spires at the gable-ends, and pieces of stained glass in some of the windows, almost as large as pocket-books.
said Penfentenyou, looking through the stained glass window down the garden.
These windows were of stained glass whose colour varied in accordance with the prevailing hue of the decorations of the chamber into which it opened.
 
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