isinglass
A form of gelatin obtained from the air bladder of the sturgeon and certain other…A form of gelatin obtained from the air bladder of the sturgeon and certain other fish, used as an adhesive and as a clarifying agent for wine and beer.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)A form of gelatin obtained from the air bladder of the sturgeon and certain other fish, used as an adhesive and as a clarifying agent for wine and beer.
Hausenblase
ры́бий клейrýbij klej
ри́б'ячий клейrýbʺjačyj klej
(uncountable, usually)A thin, transparent sheet of mica (probably from its similarity to true isinglass and/or resulting from confusion with the term Muscovy glass for glazing made from mica, but also used for isinglass, which was chiefly produced in the Caspian Sea region of Russia, or Muscovy).
- any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity
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Origin
Apparently from obsolete Dutch huisenblas, from German Hausenblase, from Hausen (“sturgeonApparently from obsolete Dutch huisenblas, from German Hausenblase, from Hausen (“sturgeon of the Huso genus”) + Blase (“bladder”), with alteration after glass.
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Forms
plural: isinglasses| Singular | isinglass |
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uncountable
Synonyms
1 synonyms- any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity:mica
Lessons for this word
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