glass

A hard material, often clear, used to make windows, bottles, and other objects.

• The bottle is made of glass.
• Broken glass covered the floor.
• You can see the garden through the glass door.

Common phrases: broken glass, window glass, glass door, made of glass

A container without a handle that you drink from, usually made from a clear material.

• Please bring me a glass.
• She filled two glasses with water.
• Would you like another glass of milk?

How to use it: glass of something (Would you like a glass of juice?)

Similar words: tumbler

Common phrases: glass of water, wine glass, empty glass, fill a glass

A curved piece of clear material that makes small things look larger when you look through it.

• He examined the coin through a glass.
• The jeweller held a glass to her eye.
• With his glass, he could see tiny marks on the stone.

Similar words: magnifying glass, loupe

Common phrases: magnifying glass, jeweller's glass, through a glass

A solid whose tiny particles are not arranged in a regular, repeating pattern.

• Rapid cooling produced a metallic glass.
• Scientists compared the structures of several glasses.
• This polymer forms a glass when cooled below a certain temperature.

Similar words: amorphous solid

Common phrases: metallic glass, polymer glass, glass formation, glass transition