thick glass

collocation in English

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thick
adjective
uk
/θɪk/us
/θɪk/
having a large distance between ...
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glass
noun
uk
/ɡlɑːs/us
/ɡlæs/
a hard, transparent material, used to make windows, bottles, and ...
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(Definition ofthickandglassfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofthick glass

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Above ground the walls were of purpose-made castiron standards supportingthickglasspanels sealed to the frames with rubber (caoutchouc) gaskets.
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It will be blown into the gaps in front of the window panes - they're just ordinar y glass, just one 19mmthickglass, so that you don't have condensation.
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The planning system will choose to grasp a thin glass with less force than athickglassbecause the former is more fragile (nonspatial characteristics of the target).
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There arethickglasscontainers which are designed deliberately to mislead.
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The architects have been told, for instance, that verythickglassis not necessary.
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So the sound quality depends on the way in which a pane of quitethickglass, perhaps even double glazing, responds to sound waves.
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As there was athickglasswindow between me and him, it was inconceivable.
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Lethal range is defined as the range from which it can easily penetrate a padded underwater suit or athickglassfaceplate.
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The passage to the platforms is also protected withthickglass, and also effectively blocks invasion of noise from the trains.
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Thethickglasswill translate the beam but it will not change the angle of the output beam.
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In places without windows, 6 mmthickglassis used to continue the ribbon glazing.
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The trains were painted in dull green with a black wheel base and featured wide sliding doors, a better-designed seating arrangement, andthickglassfronts.
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The visor could be opened fully or a small gate in it opened; in the latter case athickglassblock protected the driver.
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The most emblematic is the bottle of sparkling wine: because of the pressure inside it is a fairlythickglass.
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This new reader consisted of cementing athickglassplate to each end of a small block of optical glass.
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It had a fourteen-sided base constructed ofthickglassbricks used for the exterior walls devoid of rectangles.
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Media and other observers are sequestered in a soundproofed room behindthickglass, at the rear.
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The octagonal lantern was high, and glazed with 160 panes ofthickglass.
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Clean cut edges onthickglassmay be splayed.
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The holes are now covered withthickglass, and cars and buses can be seen passing below.
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