Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A drinking vessel intended or used for water.

    She asked the server to refill her water glass.

    Wasserglas

    a glass for drinking water

  2. (countable, uncountable)Any of various water-soluble silicate compounds, especially when occurring in dissolved, jelly-like form.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A water gauge for a steam boiler.

    gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir

  4. (countable, uncountable)An instrument consisting of an open box or tube with a glass bottom, used for examining objects in the water, as upon the sea bottom in shallow places.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A water clock.

    clock that measures time by the escape of water

Examples

27 sentences
  1. There isn't any water in this glass.

  2. There isn't much water in the glass.

  3. There is a little water in the glass.

    ruВ стакане есть немного воды. — Balamax

    deEs ist etwas Wasser in dem Glas. — Manfredo

  4. There is very little water in the glass.

  5. There is almost no water in the glass.

    deEs ist kaum Wasser im Glas. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
drinking vessel:

Forms

plural: water glasses
Singularwater glass
Pluralwater glasses

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a viscous glass consisting of sodium silicate in solution; used as a cement or as a protective coating and to preserve eggs:soluble glasssodium silicate
  • clock that measures time by the escape of water:water clockclepsydra
  • gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir:water gaugewater gage

Word family

1 related words

See also

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