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say it: glas
glass is a noun and verb meaning "a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure". It carries 12 recorded senses.
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
a container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking
the quantity a glass will hold
a small refracting telescope
an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror
scan (game in the forest) with binoculars
put in a glass container
become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
“Her eyes glaze over when she is bored”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for glass come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.