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Adjective: vitreous  vi-tree-us
  1. Of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humour of the eye
    "the vitreous chamber"
     
  2. Relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass
    "vitreous rocks"; "vitreous silica"
     
  3. (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it
    "hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures"
    - glassy, vitrified

See also: glass, glazed, shiny, vitreous humor [US]

Encyclopedia: Vitreous