plate glass

noun

glass formed into large thin sheets

• Syn: ↑sheet glass

• Hypernyms: ↑sheet, ↑flat solid

• Hyponyms:

↑cover glass, ↑cover slip, ↑pane, ↑pane of glass, ↑window glass, ↑slide, ↑microscope slide

• Substance Meronyms: ↑glass

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noun

: flat glass of high quality formed by a process of continuous or semicontinuous rolling or sometimes by the rolling of metal cast on a table and then ground and polished so that the surfaces are plane and parallel

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—plate-glass, plateglass, adj.

a soda-lime-silica glass formed by rolling the hot glass into a plate that is subsequently ground and polished, used in large windows, mirrors, etc.

[1720-30]

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plate glass noun

A fine kind of glass used for mirrors and shop-windows, orig poured in a molten state on an iron plate

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Main Entry: ↑plate

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plate glass UK US noun [uncountable]

glass in large, thick pieces, used for shop windows

Thesaurus: shop fittings and equipment_hyponym

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plate glass,

thick, very clear glass made in smooth, polished sheets and used for large windowpanes and mirrors.

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n. [often as adj.] plate-glass thick fine-quality glass, typically used for doors and store windows and originally cast in plates

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noun [noncount]

: large sheets of very clear and thick glass

— often used before another noun

plate glass windows

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ˌplate ˈglass [plate glass] noun uncountable

very clear glass of good quality, made in thick sheets, used for doors, windows of shops/stores, etc.