Meaning

15 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)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).

    This tabletop is made of glass.

    A popular myth is that window glass is actually an extremely viscous liquid.

    Glas, Glas

    стекло́stekló

    склоsklo, шклоšklo

  2. (broadly, countable, uncountable)Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).

    Metal glasses, unlike those based on silica, are electrically conductive, which can be either an advantage or a disadvantage, depending on the application.

    Glas, Glas

    стака́нstakán, рю́мкаrjúmka, скля́нкаskljánka

    скля́нкаskljánka, стака́нstakán

  3. (countable)A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.

    Would you like a glass of wine?

    Fill my glass with milk, please.

  4. (countable, metonymically, uncountable)The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.

    There is half a glass of milk in each pound of chocolate we produce.

    стака́нstakán

  5. (uncountable)Glassware.

    We collected art glass.

    glassware collectively

  6. (countable, uncountable)A mirror.

    She adjusted her lipstick in the glass.

    a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror

  7. (countable, uncountable)A magnifying glass or loupe.

    ли́нзаlínza, лу́паlúpa

    the quantity a glass will hold

  8. (countable, uncountable)A telescope.

    подзо́рная труба́podzórnaja trubá, телеско́пteleskóp

    a small refracting telescope

  9. A barrier made of solid, transparent material.

    (colloquial, countable, uncountable)The backboard.

    He caught the rebound off the glass.

  10. (countable, uncountable)The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.

    He fired the outlet pass off the glass.

  11. (countable, uncountable)A barometer.

  12. (attributive, countable, uncountable)Transparent or translucent.

    glass frog; glass shrimp; glass worm

Examples

2938 sentences
  1. Don't step on the broken glass.

    Не наступайте на розбите скло.

    ruНе наступайте на разбитое стекло.

    deNicht auf die Glasscherben treten!

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  2. What about a glass of beer?

    Як щодо келиха пива?

    ruКак насчёт кружки пива?

    deWie wäre es mit einem Glas Bier?

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  3. The glass is full of milk.

    Шклянка повна молока.

    ruСтакан полон молока.

    deDas Glas ist voll mit Milch.

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  4. Two glasses of orange juice, please.

    Дві склянки апельсинового соку, будь ласка.

    ruПожалуйста, два стакана апельсинового сока.

    deZwei Gläser Orangensaft, bitte.

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  5. Give me a glass of milk.

    Дай мені склянку молока.

    ruДай мне стакан молока.

    deGib mir ein Glas Milch.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
substance:
drinking vessel — see also cup, chalice, goblet:
Русский
By meaning 4
substance:
drinking vessel — see also cup, chalice, goblet:
magnifying glass or loupe:
telescope:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
substance:

Origin

From Middle English glas, from Old English glæs, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Prot

From Middle English glas, from Old English glæs, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, possibly related to Proto-Germanic *glōaną (“to shine”) (compare glow), and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰleh₁- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”).

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Forms

plural: glasses
Singularglass
Pluralglasses

regular

Synonyms

18 synonyms
window or paneparticularly in vehicles
Close in meaning

Word family

242 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a glass of
  • glass of water
  • glass of wine
  • glass of milk
  • wear glasses
  • another glass of
  • drank a glass
  • wear glasses when
  • glass of beer
  • without his glasses
  • pair of glasses
  • another glass

See also

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glass — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto