1. n. An amorphous solid, often transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda, potash and lime.
The tabletop is made of glass.
A popular myth is that window glass is actually an extremely viscous liquid.
2. n. A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
Fill my glass with milk, please.
3. n. (metonymically) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
There is half a glass of milk in each pound of chocolate we produce.
4. n. Glassware.
We collected art glass.
5. n. A mirror.
She adjusted her lipstick in the glass.
6. n. A magnifying glass or telescope.
7. n. (sport) A barrier made of solid, transparent material.
8. n. (basketball, colloquial) The backboard.
He caught the rebound off the glass.
9. n. (ice hockey) The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
He fired the outlet pass off the glass.
10. n. A barometer.
11. n. (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
glass frog; glass shrimp; glass worm
12. n. (obsolete) An hourglass.
13. v. To fit with glass; to glaze.
14. v. To enclose in glass.
15. v. (clipping of fibreglass). To fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fiberglass).
16. v. (transitive, UK, colloquial) To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
17. v. (science fiction) To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
18. v. To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
19. v. To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
20. v. (archaic, reflexive) To reflect; to mirror.
21. v. To become glassy.
tumbler
1. 名詞. 曲芸師、軽業師
2. 名詞. レバー式電気器具のスイッチ
3. 名詞. はじきがね
4. 名詞. グラス、タンブラー
5. 名詞. 宙返り鳩
6. 名詞. (廃語 但し) 兎狩りに使用した犬
7. 名詞. (英, Scotland, 方言al, 廃語 但し) 肥料運搬車
tumbler
1. n. One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.
2. n. A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locki
3. n. A rotating device for smoothing and polishing rough objects, placed inside it, on relatively small parts.
4. n. A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter.
5. n. A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to fi
6. n. A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.
7. n. A beverage cup, typically made of stainless steel, that is broad at the top and narrow at the bottom commonly used in India.
8. n. (obsolete) A dog of a breed that tumbles when pursuing game, formerly used in hunting rabbits.
