WATER GLASS


Meaning of WATER GLASS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1612

1. : a glass vessel (as a drinking glass) for holding water

2. : an instrument consisting of an open box or tube with a glass bottom used for examining objects in or under water

3. : a substance that consists usually of the silicate of sodium, is found in commerce as a glassy mass, a stony powder, or dissolved in water as a viscous syrupy liquid, and is used especially as a cement, a protective coating, and as a fireproofing agent

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