glass

noun

1) (a hard usually breakable transparent substance: The bottle is made of glass; (also adjective) a glass bottle.) glass

2) (a usually tall hollow object made of glass, used for drinking: There are six glasses on the tray; sherry-glasses.) (drikke)glass

3) ((also looking-glass) a mirror.) speil

4) (a barometer, or the atmospheric pressure shown by one: The glass is falling.) barometer

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- glasses

- glassful
- glassy
- glassiness

speil

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subst. \/ɡlɑːs\/

1) (materiale) glass

• made of glass

2) (også om innholdet) drikkeglass, glass

• a glass of wine

3) gjenstand av glass, glassartikler

4) (spesielt britisk) speil

5) kikkert, teleskop

6) linse, forstørrelsesglass, monokkel

7) (gammeldags) timeglass

8) (foreldet) barometer

• the glass is rising

9) vindusrute

10) drivhus

• there are many acres of glass in Jersey

11) (sjøfart) glass (halvtime)

have a glass too much få seg et par glass for mye

raise one's glass to somebody\/something skåle for noe(n)

touch the glasses eller touch glasses skåle, klinge med glassene

under glass under glass, i drivbenk

II

verb \/ɡlɑːs\/

1) sette glass i, sette glass på

• glass a window

2) beskytte med glass

3) (litterært) speile

• the trees glassed themselves in the lake

trærne speilet seg i innsjøen

4) hermetisere, sylte (frukt og grønnsaker)

5) (britisk, hverdagslig) knuse et ølglass i fjeset på noen