hand-blown
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- adjective
- /hænd-bloʊn/
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- It was hand-blown into a mold by the glassmaker.
- hand-blown glass
- hand-blown piece
Examples
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When you make hand blown glass, it's necessary to have a little hole to let out hot air.
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It's hand-blown, lead-free, crystal glass with a laser-cut grip.
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Beautiful hand-blown glass items all out in the open.
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Two types of pipes appeared most frequently in his collection: hand-blown glass and cast glass.
Academic text (2005) -
One cool thing I forgot to photograph is a huge hand-blown bottle of some sort.
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The stunning pieces were made from hand-blown glass in Murano, a small group of islands off the coast of Italy.
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A magnificent hand-blown pink chandelier takes pride of place in front of an old wooden desk, which serves as the cash register.
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The liquor in the Ghost was served in thick, hand-blown tumblers the like of which I've not seen since.
Fiction book (1998) -
A variety of materials have been used to convey their unique designs—things like dazzling crystals, hand-blown glass, saxophones, and even empty tequila bottles.
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The Hot Glass Art Center features hand-blown glass pieces by local artists.
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Etymology
The word hand-blown comes from hand ('made by a person') and blow ('to push air with the mouth'). Think of an artist blowing air through a tube to shape hot glass by hand, so hand-blown means the glass was made by a person, not by a machine.