cut glass
2
5.3
- noun
:
cristal tallado
- She admired the intricate patterns on the cut glass vase displayed on the mantelpiece.
- cut glass vase
- cut glass decanter
- cut glass bowl
Examples
-
You did not pour her sherry, although the cut glass decanters were laid out on the silver tray.
Fiction book (1996) -
The elegant dinner table was set with beautiful cut glass pieces that sparkled in the candlelight.
-
You know that you have the most gorgeous collection of cut glass out there.
-
And it would be on a proper plate, china or cut glass, not this flimsy paper affair.
Fiction book (1993) -
My father collected antiques: silver, cut glass, sometimes china or old chairs.
Fiction book (1994) -
Close at hand sat a cut-glass dish of jam.
Fiction book (1993) -
There was a lace mat on the dining room table with a cut-glass vase on it.
Fiction book (1993) -
There are flowers on my desk at work, six pink fairy roses in a cut glass bud vase with a spill of shiny white ribbon tied around its neck.
Fiction book (1995) -
All he's requested is the Elizabethan dining table, six cut glass tumblers, and his tennis trophies.
-
On the gilded lowboy, a waterlily floated in a cut-glass bowl beside a silver-framed photograph of Mrs. Ladelle's husband.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
50
3.0
Clear, high-quality glass used for fancy drinking glasses and ornaments
10
2.5
Items made of glass used for serving food or drinks
1
5.1
Objects made of glass like bowls and cups used for food or drink
How Decorative
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase denotes glass that has been cut, which is directly built from 'cut' (fashioned by cutting) modifying 'glass' (the material). This adjective+noun composition follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
The noun cut glass comes from the literal words cut and glass. Glass workers cut many small flat sides into a piece of glass so it shines and looks decorative, so the name means 'glass with many flat sides'.