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vitreous

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vit·re·ous  (vtr-s)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, resembling, or having the nature of glass; glassy.
2. Obtained or made from glass.
3. Of or relating to the vitreous humor.
n.
The vitreous humor.

[From Latin vitreus, from vitrum, glass.]

vitre·osi·ty (-s-t), vitre·ous·ness (-s-ns) n.

vitreous
Adjective
1. of or like glass
2. of or relating to the vitreous humour [Latin vitrum glass]

vitreous  (vtr-s)
Relating to or resembling glass.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.vitreousvitreous - of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye; "the vitreous chamber"
2.vitreous - relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass; "vitreous rocks"; "vitreous silica"
3.vitreousvitreous - (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it; "glazed pottery"; "glassy porcelain"; "hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures"
ceramics - the art of making and decorating pottery
shiny, glazed - having a shiny surface or coating; "glazed fabrics"; "glazed doughnuts"
Translations
Spanish vitreous [ˈvɪtrɪəs] adj [china, enamel] → vítreo
French vitreous [ˈvɪtrɪəs] adj [china] → vitreux/euse; [enamel] → vitrifié(e)
German vitreous [ˈvɪtrɪəs] adj vitreous china → Porzellanemail nt;
vitreous enamel → Glasemail nt

Italian vitreous [ˈvɪtrɪəs] adj [rock] → vetroso/a; [china, enamel] → vetrificato/a

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At first I thought it was one vast, unbroken chamber, so clear and transparent were the walls of the winding corridors, but after I had nearly brained myself a couple of times by attempting to pass through solid vitreous walls I went more carefully.
It was composed of black and vitreous lava, mixed with fragments of felspar.
In other crustaceans the transparent cones which are coated by pigment, and which properly act only by excluding lateral pencils of light, are convex at their upper ends and must act by convergence; and at their lower ends there seems to be an imperfect vitreous substance.
 
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