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glass

Glas

Definitionen

Englisch > Deutsch
glass
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] Glas (das durchsichtige, harte Material)
3. [2] Glas (das Gefäß aus Glas)
4. [3] der Inhalt eines Glases
5. [4] umgangssprachlich: alle Dinge die aus Glas gemacht sind
6. [5] ein (Schutz-) Glas, z. B. einer Uhr oder eines Feuermelders
7. [6] Plural: Brille
8. [7] Plural: Feldglas, Feldstecher, Fernglas
9. [8] kein Plural, umgangssprachlich: Spiegel
10. Verb:
11. [1] verglasen
Englisch > Englisch
glass
1. subst. 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. subst. 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. subst. (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. subst. Glassware.
We collected art glass.
5. subst. A mirror.
She adjusted her lipstick in the glass.
6. subst. A magnifying glass or telescope.
7. subst. (sport) A barrier made of solid, transparent material.
8. subst. (basketball, colloquial) The backboard.
He caught the rebound off the glass.
9. subst. (ice hockey) The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
He fired the outlet pass off the glass.
10. subst. A barometer.
11. subst. (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
glass frog; glass shrimp; glass worm
12. subst. (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.
Deutsch > Englisch
Glas
1. subst. (material) glass
2. subst. (container) glass
3. subst. (container) jar (made of glass)
4. subst. (amount of liquid) glass
5. subst. (nautical) time stamp for half an hour