Engels Woord van de dag

glass

glas

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Engels > Nederlands

glass

1. glas

Engels > Engels

glass

1. n. An amorphous solid, often transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda, potash and lime.

The tabletop is made of glass.

A popular myth is that window glass is actually an extremely viscous liquid.

2. n. A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.

Fill my glass with milk, please.

3. n. (metonymically) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.

There is half a glass of milk in each pound of chocolate we produce.

4. n. Glassware.

We collected art glass.

5. n. A mirror.

She adjusted her lipstick in the glass.

6. n. A magnifying glass or telescope.

7. n. (sport) A barrier made of solid, transparent material.

8. n. (basketball, colloquial) The backboard.

He caught the rebound off the glass.

9. n. (ice hockey) The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.

He fired the outlet pass off the glass.

10. n. A barometer.

11. n. (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.

glass frog; glass shrimp; glass worm

12. n. (obsolete) An hourglass.

13. v. To fit with glass; to glaze.

14. v. To enclose in glass.

15. v. (clipping of fibreglass). To fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fiberglass).

16. v. (transitive, UK, colloquial) To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.

17. v. (science fiction) To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.

18. v. To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.

19. v. To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.

20. v. (archaic, reflexive) To reflect; to mirror.

21. v. To become glassy.

Nederlands > Engels

glas

1. n-n. glass (material)

Vensters zijn gemaakt van glas. - Windows are made of glass.

2. n-n. glass (vessel)

Staan er al glazen op tafel? - Are there glasses on the table yet?

3. n-n. glass (quantity)

Drink even een glas water. - Drink a glass of water.

Uitspraak

Voorbeeldzinnen

The bottle is made of glass.
    De fles is van glas.
"Is there a glass?" "Yes, there's one on the table."
    "Is er een glas?" "Ja, er is er één op de tafel."
Is the water in the glass clean?
    Is het water in dit glas schoon?
There isn't any milk in the glass.
    Er zit geen melk in het glas.
There is little water in the glass.
    Er is weinig water in het glas.

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sauce	eight	stationery	sixty-nine
anaesthetic	fence	cable car	bark
wave	minute	skin	February

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left	talk	wheelbarrow	shake

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