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Added 9 October 2026

glass

/ɡlɑːs/ noun

In Latin: vitrum Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about glass at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure.
A container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking.
The quantity a glass will hold.

verb

Furnish with glass.
glass the windows
Scan (game in the forest) with binoculars.
Enclose with glass.
glass in a porch

Origin

From 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”). Cognate with West Frisian glês, Low German and German Glas, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish glas, Norwegian Bokmål glass, Icelandic gler.

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