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GLASSWORK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does glasswork mean?
• GLASSWORK (noun)
The noun GLASSWORK has 1 sense:
1. an article of tableware made of glass
Familiarity information: GLASSWORK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An article of tableware made of glass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
glassware; glasswork
Hypernyms ("glasswork" is a kind of...):
tableware (articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware))
Meronyms (substance of "glasswork"):
glass (a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glasswork"):
crystal (glassware made of quartz)
cut glass (glass decorated by cutting or grinding facets)
glass (glassware collectively)
Venetian glass (fine glassware made near Venice)
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