glas

Definitions of glas
  1. noun
    a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
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    matglas, melkglas, opaalglas, witglas
    glass that diffuses light due to a rough surface produced by abrasion or etching
    matglas, melkglas, opaalglas, witglas
    particulate glass made by grinding and used as an abrasive
    hardglas, triplexglas, veiligheidsglas
    glass made with plates of plastic or resin or other material between two sheets of glass to prevent shattering
    normaalglas, pyrexglas
    a borosilicate glass with a low coefficient of expansion; used for heat-resistant glassware in cooking and chemistry
    bergkristal, kristal, kristalglas, kwartsglas
    colorless glass made of almost pure silica
    flintglas
    optical glass of high dispersion and high refractive index
  2. noun
    glass formed into large thin sheets
    synonyms: glasplaat, plaatglas, vlakglas
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    glasruit
    sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors
    vensterglas, vensterruit
    a pane of glass in a window
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    blad, plaat, plaatje
    a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
  3. noun
    a container for holding liquids while drinking
    synonyms: drinkglas, glaasje
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    bierglas
    a relatively large glass for serving beer
    roemer, romer, wijnbeker, wijnroemer
    a drinking glass with a base and stem
    likeurglaasje
    a small glass for serving a small amount of liqueur (typically after dinner)
    roemer, romer, wijnbeker, wijnroemer
    a large drinking glass (ovoid bowl on a stem) for drinking toasts
    schoener
    a large beer glass
    borrelglas, ertszeef, jeneverglas
    a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
    wijnglas
    a glass that has a stem and in which wine is served
    dwarsfluit
    a tall narrow wineglass
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    container, laadkist
    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)
  4. noun
    a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror
    synonyms: brilleglas, brillenglas, lampeglas, lampenglas
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    spiegel
    polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
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