clear glaze
- noun
- Specialized
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barniz transparente
- To enhance its beauty, the artist applied a clear glaze over the wood surface, giving it a polished finish.
Examples
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After painting the ceramic pots, she added a clear glaze to protect them from scratches and make them shine.
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After you've let it dry, you cover it with a clear glaze and then fire it at a high temperature.
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He pointed to a store that sold clay jugs sprinkled with a thin, clear glaze like sugared water.
Fiction book (1991) -
The furniture was finished with a clear glaze that accentuated the natural grain of the wood.
Synonyms
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3.7
A smooth shiny coating on food or pottery
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3.4
A layer of material that covers a surface to protect or decorate it
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4.4
A clear hard shiny layer put on wood to protect it and make it shine
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4.4
Glass fitted into windows and doors to keep out weather and reduce noise
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3.9
A final layer of paint or finish that protects a surface
How Finished
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'clear glaze' is an adjective+noun composition where the adjective 'clear' straightforwardly modifies 'glaze' (a shiny coating), so the meaning 'a transparent coating' is directly derivable from the parts. This follows a common, cross-linguistic noun phrase pattern (modifier + noun), so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the expression.
Etymology
Clear glaze comes from the simple image of putting a thin, glass-like glaze over wood or paint so you can still see the material under it, and clear shows the coat is see-through. This shiny, protective layer 'protects' and makes the surface 'shine', which is why clear glaze means a transparent coating used to improve and protect wood and other surfaces.