verre

Definitions of verre
  1. noun
    a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
    synonyms: lentille
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    objectif d'une caméra
    a lens that focuses the image in a camera
    monocle
    lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles
    téléobjectif, zoom
    a camera lens that magnifies the image
    grand-angulaire, objectif grand angle, objectif à grand angle
    a camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length); produces an image that is foreshortened in the center and increasingly distorted in the periphery
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    système optique
    a device for producing or controlling light
  2. noun
    a drinking glass with a base and stem
    synonyms: verre à pied
  3. noun
    biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina
    synonyms: lentille
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    organe
    a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
  4. noun
    a drink taken at sundown
    synonyms: boisson alcoolisée
  5. noun
    a single serving of a beverage
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    gorgée, trait
    a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
    toast
    a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event
    libation
    (facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverage
    boisson alcoolisée
    an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime; often alcoholic
    panaché
    a drink made of beer and lemonade
    boisson alcoolisée
    a drink taken at sundown
    lait chaud avec du vin
    sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer
    sangria
    sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water
    whisky sec
    a drink consisting of whiskey without a mixer
    whisky-on-the-rocks
    whiskey with ice
    soda avec une boule de glace
    a drink with ice cream floating in it
    milk-shake
    frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
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    portion
    an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
  6. noun
    a container for holding liquids while drinking
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    verre à bière
    a relatively large glass for serving beer
    verre à pied
    a drinking glass with a base and stem
    cascadeur
    a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom
    verre à vin
    a glass that has a stem and in which wine is served
    flûte
    a tall narrow wineglass
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    container
    any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
  7. noun
    a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
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    glace
    glass that diffuses light due to a rough surface produced by abrasion or etching
    verre étamé
    particulate glass made by grinding and used as an abrasive
    verre de sécurité, verre feuilleté
    glass made with plates of plastic or resin or other material between two sheets of glass to prevent shattering
    verre armé
    a glass that contains a layer of wire netting in it
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    solide
    matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure
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