glass
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9.9
- noun
- /ɡlæs/
- Archaic
- Look, there in the glass.
- looking glass
- a glass mirror
- through a glass darkly
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- They come from like through the looking glass and they're from chess.
- It happens through what Wolf comically calls the looking glass effect.
- And the bit with the moustache and the mirror, the, the glass.
- Alice from the Alice in the Licking the Looking Glass, you know, Alice Liddell, Tom Mix, Jack London, Herman Goering.
Examples
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Shakespeare and Alexander saw as through a glass darkly, but we see face to face.
Academic text (1993) -
Step through the looking glass.
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Okay, let's look through the looking glass the other way.
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Hollywood is the looking glass in which the American way is reflected.
Academic text (1991) -
Instead, she found herself looking at the table, at the silvered glass propped there.
Fiction book (1992) -
Bored, she breathed on the glass until it clouded over, and then with her finger, she drew a door.
Academic text (2016) -
Pressing my ear to the glass, I could hear their streaming clicks, their fierce, bickering chirps.
Fiction book (1990) -
She admired her reflection in the glass as she prepared for the event.
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In her poem, the author wrote about looking into the glass and reflecting on her past.
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The character in the story often gazes into the glass to contemplate her choices.
Synonyms
910
1.0
A smooth surface that shows a clear image of things
13
8.7
A mirror often used to check your face and clothes
1
8.9
A tall narrow mirror on the wall between two windows
1
9.1
A decorated mirror made in Venice with very clear glass and a fancy frame
1
9.9
A tall full-length mirror in a frame that can tilt
A small mirror with a handle for looking at your face
Idioms
- Literature
6
9.1
Entering a strange, unreal world where usual rules are reversed
To overcome barriers that stop women or minority groups getting higher jobs
- Informal
2
4.1
To focus on the good parts of a situation instead of the bad
- Informal
1
9.6
Act carefully to avoid causing trouble in a tense, painful situation
Compounds
- Literature
15
4.0
An invisible barrier that stops women and minorities from reaching top jobs
12
1.8
A small glass that holds one small drink of strong alcohol like whiskey or tequila
12
3.6
A window made of small colored glass pieces that makes colored light, often in churches
- Specialized
5
3.8
Glass with a plastic layer between sheets that stops it breaking into sharp pieces
1
7.2
A fine, beautiful glass object made in Venice, often brightly coloured and carefully shaped
1
3.8
A tall, straight glass used for serving mixed drinks with ice like a gin and tonic
- Specialized
1
6.3
Glass made with small amounts of the metal lead that is very clear and sparkly
1
3.9
A sheet made of two glass layers with plastic between them to stop breaking into pieces
1
3.7
A sheet of glass made with layers of plastic so it does not break into sharp pieces
- Specialized
1
6.0
A clear, strong glass that lens makers use for camera and telescope lenses
1
8.4
Glass that shows soft mixed colors and people use for stained-glass windows and lamps
1
4.7
A tall, narrow glass with a short stem for layered cold desserts like ice cream and fruit
- Specialized
1
6.8
A clear, hard material made mostly from pure sand that resists high heat and chemicals
- Specialized
1
9.4
A legless lizard with a long tail that breaks off and regrows to escape predators
- Specialized
1
9.2
A legless lizard that looks like a snake, has eyelids and ear openings, and can grow its tail again
- Specialized
1
5.4
A soft mass of very thin glass threads used to keep buildings warm and quiet
- Specialized
1
6.7
A small lens that makes gemstones look larger so someone can see small details
- Specialized
1
4.8
A thin flat piece of glass placed over a specimen on a microscope slide
- Specialized
1
7.6
A thick material of tiny particles that behaves like a solid and flows very slowly
- Specialized
1
8.8
A sea animal with a skeleton of thin glass-like threads that lives on the ocean floor
- Specialized
1
9.0
A type of glass lens makers use that bends light little and keeps colours from separating
- Specialized
1
5.5
A shallow round glass dish used in labs to let liquids dry or to cover a beaker
- Archaic
1
9.7
Old window glass you get by blowing hot glass into a round disk and spinning it flat
- Specialized
1
6.7
A light hard material made from melted sand with many small air pockets used for insulation and building
- Specialized
1
6.8
A light, hard, insulating material used in buildings to keep heat in
Surface Forms
Etymology
Glass meaning a mirror comes from the fact that mirrors are made with a glass surface; people simply used the material name glass for the reflecting mirror itself.