GLASSWARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glassware mean? 

• GLASSWARE (noun)
  The noun GLASSWARE has 1 sense:

1. an article of tableware made of glass

  Familiarity information: GLASSWARE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLASSWARE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An article of tableware made of glass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

glassware; glasswork

Hypernyms ("glassware" is a kind of...):

tableware (articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware))

Meronyms (substance of "glassware"):

glass (a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glassware"):

crystal (glassware made of quartz)

cut glass (glass decorated by cutting or grinding facets)

glass (glassware collectively)

Venetian glass (fine glassware made near Venice)

 Context examples 

The Glasswashing and Sterilization Shared Resource perform the preparation of clean sterile regular and special needs glassware for Cancer Center laboratories.

(Glasswashing and Sterilization Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)