brandy glass
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- noun
- /ˈbrændi ɡlæs/
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copa de brandy
- Off to one side, the dog watched as Cohana Eliason put down her brandy glass on the marble tabletop, rose from her chair, and held out her arms to the kindly man who brought extra beignets to the riverfront.
- lifting his brandy glass
Examples
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"He put his cigar down in a crystal ashtray and picked up his brandy glass.
Fiction book (1991) -
The brandy glasses, two of them back in the cupboard, turned upside down, had never been used, like the brandy.
Fiction book (1992) -
Can you bring some brandy glasses back in with you?
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" Michael took the only two brandy glasses from the cupboard and set them on the yellow Formica table."
Fiction book (1992) -
...how did one of my Waterford crystal brandy glasses get into the laundry basket?
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He could hardly believe she was lifting her brandy glass in salute and nodding back.
Fiction book (1993) -
"To our association, Cousin -- and to His Majesty!" He lifted the brandy glass in salute, then passed it ostentatiously over the glass of water and brought it to his lips.
Fiction book (1992) -
Francesca Johnson set her brandy glass on the wide oak windowsill and stared at an eight-by-ten black-and-white photograph of herself.
Fiction book (1992) -
"That's my fee for letting you off the ship." "You said we didn't owe you anything." "You don't." "And that we were your guests." "Indeed you are," he replied, finally draining his brandy glass and setting it down on a polished chrome surface.
Fiction book (1991) -
He enjoyed sipping the rich amber liquid from his brandy glass after dinner.
Synonyms
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Drinking cups and similar items considered as a group
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8.9
A small glass with a wide bottom and narrow top for drinking brandy or cognac
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A container to drink from, usually for water or juice
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7.3
A glass with a short stem, wide bowl and narrow top for serving brandy
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a glass for serving brandy' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'brandy' (the drink) with 'glass' (a drinking vessel); it is a straightforward noun–noun compound indicating purpose. This pattern (drink + glass) is cross-linguistically common and follows regular English compounding, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Brandy glass is named for serving brandy in a special glass: its short stem, wide bowl and narrow top let you warm the glass in your hand and hold the drink's smell so you can 'smell' and enjoy the spirit. So today brandy glass means the short-stemmed, wide-bowled glass made to bring out a drink's taste.