cut glass

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   glass decorated by cutting or grinding facets

   Broaderglassware

Questions about cut glass

What does cut glass mean?

cut glass means "glass decorated by cutting or grinding facets".

Is cut glass a common word?

cut glass is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.