Meaning

3 senses
  1. An item of glass laboratory equipment consisting of a simple, slightly concave circle of glass. It is a general utility item, used to hold small samples, to evaporate liquids, to cover a beaker, and so on.

    Uhrglas, Uhrglasschale

    часово́е стекло́časovóje stekló, предме́тное стекло́predmétnoje stekló

    laboratory glassware; a shallow glass dish used as an evaporating surface or to cover a beaker

  2. The glass covering of the face of a watch.

    a protective cover that protects the face of a watch

  3. A sandglass, hourglass.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The watch glass broke.

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Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
laboratory equipment:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
laboratory equipment:

Forms

plural: watch glasses
Singularwatch glass
Pluralwatch glasses

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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