glaze

1. 1.

   any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods

   Broadertopping
2. 2.

   a glossy finish on a fabric

   Broaderpolish
3. 3.

   a coating for ceramics, metal, etc.

   Broadercoating

   Narrowerluster

Other forms of glaze

plural

glazes·

past tense

glazed·

present participle

glazing·

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.

Questions about glaze

What does glaze mean?

glaze means "coat with a glaze". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in glaze?

glaze has 1 syllable: glaze. In IPA it is /ˈɡleɪz/.

What is another word for glaze?

Close synonyms include glass, glass over, glaze over, glass, sugarcoat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is glaze a common word?

glaze is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.