highball glass
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- noun
- /ˈhaɪbɔl ɡlæs/
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vaso highball
- I sat down at the wooden table in her kitchen, watching while she measured two shots of Scotch into a highball glass.
- highball glass with ice
- highball glass filled
- set down a highball glass
Examples
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Instead of his customary beer, Milton had been drinking highball glasses of straight vodka.
Fiction book (1990) -
She poured the refreshing cocktail into a highball glass filled with ice.
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In the den, my father was watching television with a highball glass in his hand and a prayer book in his lap.
Fiction book (1997) -
She brought him a second Coke in a highball glass and sat down across from him.
Fiction book (1996) -
Oh, and I also didn't have a martini glass or a cocktail glass, so I used a highball glass.
Blog text (2) -
I headed down to the basement and collected my vintage highball glass and my vintage cocktail-making stuff.
Blog text (2) -
The library had bookshelves from floor to ceiling; newspapers, wine, and highball glasses were scattered about on the easy chairs and end tables in the living room.
Academic text (2017) -
Eamon was describing the maid's quarters, the stable, the billiard room with the full bar, the ice machine, and the monogrammed highball glasses.
Fiction book (1998) -
After a long day, he enjoyed a whiskey served in a classic highball glass.
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The bartender handed me a highball glass filled with tonic water and lime.
Synonyms
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A container used for drinking, often for water or juice
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A container to drink from, usually for water or juice
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Morphology
The compound is a straightforward composition of 'highball' (a specific mixed drink) + 'glass' (a drinking vessel), so its meaning — a glass used to serve a highball — is directly derivable from the constituents. This follows a common drink-name + container pattern found cross-linguistically, making it immediately comprehensible to learners who know both words.
Etymology
Highball glass gets its name from the simple mixed drink called a highball. One easy image to remember is that high means the drink was poured 'high' into a tall glass, so the name came to mean 'a tall, straight glass used for mixed drinks'.