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1. Optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
   - spectacles, specs, eyeglasses [N. Amer]

1. A brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
    
2. A container for holding liquids while drinking
   - drinking glass
    
3. The quantity a glass will hold
   - glassful
    
4. A small refracting telescope
   - field glass, spyglass
    
5. An amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
   - methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, ice, shabu, trash
    
6. A mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror
   - looking glass
    
7. Glassware collectively
   "She collected old glass"

1. Furnish with glass
   "glass the windows"
   - glaze
    
2. Scan (game in the forest) with binoculars
    
3. Enclose with glass
   "glass in a porch"
   - glass in
    
4. Put in a glass container
    
5. Become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
   - glaze, glass over, glaze over

See also: glassy, vitreous

Type of: amphetamine, change, close in, container, containerful, controlled substance, enclose, furnish, glassware, glasswork, inclose, insert, introduce, mirror, optical instrument, pep pill, provide, put in, refracting telescope, render, scan, shut in, solid, speed, stick in, supply, upper

Part of: frame, glassware, glasswork, plate glass, sheet glass

Encyclopedia: Glass