STAINED GLASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stained glass mean? 

• STAINED GLASS (noun)
  The noun STAINED GLASS has 1 sense:

1. glass that has been colored in some way; used for church windows

  Familiarity information: STAINED GLASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAINED GLASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Glass that has been colored in some way; used for church windows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("stained glass" is a kind of...):

glass (a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure)

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

Tiffany glass (a kind of opalescent colored glass that was used in the early 1900s for stained-glass windows and lamps)

 Context examples 

I cannot call to mind where or when, in my childhood, I had seen a stained glass window in a church.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

You could be exposed to lead by: • Eating food or drinking water that contains lead • Working in a job where lead is used • Using lead in a hobby, such as making stained glass or lead-glazed pottery • Using folk remedies such as herbs or foods that contain lead

(Lead Poisoning, Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry)