drinking glass

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drinking glass - a container for holding liquids while drinking

glass

beer glass - a relatively large glass for serving beer

bumper - a glass filled to the brim (especially as a toast); "we quaffed a bumper of ale"

container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

goblet - a drinking glass with a base and stem

highball glass - a tall glass for serving highballs

liqueur glass - a small glass for serving a small amount of liqueur (typically after dinner)

parfait glass - a tall slender glass with a short stem in which parfait is served

rummer - a large drinking glass (ovoid bowl on a stem) for drinking toasts

schooner - a large beer glass

seidel - a glass for beer

jigger, shot glass, pony - a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey

brandy glass, brandy snifter, snifter - a globular glass with a small top; used for serving brandy

tumbler - a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom

water glass - a glass for drinking water

wineglass - a glass that has a stem and in which wine is served

glass - a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure

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Sun Chemical has produced a drinking glass to demonstrate the various printing possibilities of direct glass printing with organic UV curing inks.