glass
An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand…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).
» Don't step on the broken glass.
Nicht auf die Glasscherben treten!
Не наступайте на разбитое стекло.
Не наступайте на розбите скло.
Не наступай на розбите скло.
Meaning
15 senses(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
(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
(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.
(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
(uncountable)Glassware.
We collected art glass.
glassware collectively
(countable, uncountable)A mirror.
She adjusted her lipstick in the glass.
a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror
(countable, uncountable)A magnifying glass or loupe.
ли́нзаlínza, лу́паlúpa
the quantity a glass will hold
(countable, uncountable)A telescope.
подзо́рная труба́podzórnaja trubá, телеско́пteleskóp
a small refracting telescope
A barrier made of solid, transparent material.
(colloquial, countable, uncountable)The backboard.
He caught the rebound off the glass.
(countable, uncountable)The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
He fired the outlet pass off the glass.
(countable, uncountable)A barometer.
(attributive, countable, uncountable)Transparent or translucent.
glass frog; glass shrimp; glass worm
Examples
2938 sentencesDon't step on the broken glass.
Не наступайте на розбите скло.
ruНе наступайте на разбитое стекло.
deNicht auf die Glasscherben treten!
What about a glass of beer?
Як щодо келиха пива?
ruКак насчёт кружки пива?
deWie wäre es mit einem Glas Bier?
The glass is full of milk.
Шклянка повна молока.
ruСтакан полон молока.
deDas Glas ist voll mit Milch.
Two glasses of orange juice, please.
Дві склянки апельсинового соку, будь ласка.
ruПожалуйста, два стакана апельсинового сока.
deZwei Gläser Orangensaft, bitte.
Give me a glass of milk.
Дай мені склянку молока.
ruДай мне стакан молока.
deGib mir ein Glas Milch.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 4
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English glas, from Old English glæs, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from ProtFrom 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: glassesSynonyms
18 synonyms- a container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking:drinking glass
- the quantity a glass will hold:glassful
- a small refracting telescope:field glassspyglass
- a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror:looking glass
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Word family
242 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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