glass

IPA: gɫˈæs

(usually uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).
(countable, uncountable, by extension) Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).
(countable) A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
(metonymically) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
(uncountable) Glassware.
A mirror.
A magnifying glass or telescope.
(sports) A barrier made of solid, transparent material.
(basketball, colloquial) The backboard.
(ice hockey) The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
A barometer.
(attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
(obsolete) An hourglass.
(uncountable, photography, informal) Lenses, considered collectively.
(now rare) A pane of glass; a window (especially of a coach or similar vehicle).
A surname.

(transitive) To fit with glass; to glaze.
(transitive) To enclose in glass.
(transitive, UK, colloquial) To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
(transitive, science fiction) To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
(transitive) To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
(transitive) To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
(archaic, reflexive) To reflect; to mirror.
(transitive) To make glassy.
(intransitive) To become glassy.
(transitive) Clipping of fibreglass. To fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fiberglass). [To apply fibreglass to.]

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