plate glass
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3.4
- noun
- /pleɪt ɡlæs/
:
vidrio plano
- For one thing, plate glass was not available until the late seventeenth century.
- plate glass window
Examples
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Several rather bedraggled-looking floral arrangements crouched dimly on the other side of the grimy plate-glass window.
Fiction book (1996) -
Yeah, but the entire front of the store is plate glass.
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Now I watch from inside my house through a plate-glass window.
Fiction book (2000) -
Outside, through the plate-glass windows, he could see that night was falling rapidly.
Fiction book (2000) -
They had floor to ceiling plate glass windows around that lobby.
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I look good, she thought as she caught her reflection in the plate glass windows of Hank's Corner Diner.
Fiction book (2000) -
My father-in-law tripped through a plate glass window at my wedding last year.
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Sylvia Kirsch pushed aside the plate glass patio doors and stepped barefoot onto the lawn.
Fiction book (1995) -
The restaurant features a beautiful view with large plate glass windows that let in natural light.
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During the renovation, we replaced the old windows with new plate glass for better insulation.
Synonyms
785
1.0
A hard clear material made from sand used for windows and bottles
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1.6
A flat sheet of glass that fits in a window or door
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1.0
A flat piece of clear glass that sits in a window or door to let light in
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3.7
A sheet of glass made with layers of plastic so it does not break into sharp pieces
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3.7
Thin flat glass that is made in large sheets for windows and mirrors
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3.9
A sheet made of two glass layers with plastic between them to stop breaking into pieces
Old window glass you get by blowing hot glass into a round disk and spinning it flat
Antonyms
How Thick
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'glass made in large, flat sheets' is directly compositional from 'plate' (a flat sheet or panel) + 'glass' — the first noun modifies the second in a predictable noun-noun compound. This is a literal, cross-linguistically common compounding pattern that a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer.
Etymology
Plate glass comes from how the material was made: workers made very large, flat plates of glass, so the name described big flat sheets used for windows and doors. That's why plate glass now means 'large, flat glass sheets' used for windows and doors.