glass container

collocation in English

meaningsofglassandcontainer

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glass
noun
uk
/ɡlɑːs/us
/ɡlæs/
a hard, transparent material, used to make windows, bottles, and ...
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container
noun[C]
uk
/kənˈteɪ.nər/us
/kənˈteɪ.nɚ/
a hollow object, such as a box or a bottle, that can be used for holding something, especially to carry or ...
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(Definition ofglassandcontainerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Glasscontainerworkers won a hefty 15.7 to 24 percent wage increase, and a major increase in the employer contribution to the pension plan.
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Theglasscontainerindustry has now embarked on the first stage of what will be a permanent and growing recycling programme.
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Glass is an ideal material for recycling and where it is used for newglasscontainermanufacture it is virtually infinitely recyclable.
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Often a largeglasscontainersuspended above the table held between two and six spigots.
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For the measurement of the volumetric expansion of liquids one takes a largeglasscontainerfilled with water.
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These contained about a gallon of water in a sealedglasscontainerwithin a smaller metal canister.
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I can give a classic example of a large factory that employed skilled men in theglasscontainerindustry.
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The customer will be able to see the mark on theglasscontainer.
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Will he take it from me that the one-way bottle is less dangerous than any otherglasscontainerproduced?
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Theglasscontainerindustry reprocessed some 600,000 tonnes of post-consumer glass waste in 2001.
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Some of them were very skilled, like glassblowers and people working in theglasscontainerindustry.
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Much has already been done by experimentation, especially by theglasscontainerindustry.
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It could be aglasscontainer, an earthenware container or even a plastic container.
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Is he aware that this has happened in theglasscontainerindustry, which is overloaded with orders and cannot meet either its domestic or export orders?
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We are in constant touch with the glass manufacturers' federation, which representsglasscontainermanufacturers, about the bottle supply situation, and are urgently considering its representations about fuel oil supplies.
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If this project is replicated—the obvious key value of these schemes—throughout theglasscontainerindustry, savings of some 1 million tonnes of oil equivalent a year could be achieved.
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In captivity, the instar may attach the cocoon to aglasscontainerwall allowing the opportunity to view the transformation.
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Too much can create a dripping effect or disperse uneven amounts, leading to one side of theglasscontainerbeing heavier than the other.
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Guests received unusual souvenirs at these events, such as aglasscontainerof liquor inside a walking stick.
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The country's 48glasscontainerplants in 22 states comprise a $5.5 billion industry.
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A masked woman came to deposit a red bag symbolizing the prize money in aglasscontainer.
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