Collocations withglass
These are words often used in combination withglass.
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blown glass
Like blown glass in an egg timer, the two sides of the town have expanded, but the constriction in the middle remains, becoming relatively worse.
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breaking glass
On two occasions the doctor's hand had been cut while breaking glass vials, but there was no documentation linking these events to the two patients.
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broken glass
Residents who did not illuminate their houses or accede to other crowd demands were fortunate if broken glass was the only damage they suffered.
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bulletproof glass
The use of modern ceramic armour reduces the weight by up to 50% compared to normal bulletproof glass of the same protection level.
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clear glass
The oak frames contain either clear glass, reflective glass or metal mesh.
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cocktail glass
It is shaken, strained, and served straight in a cocktail glass then garnished with the bitters (cinnamon can be used).
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curved glass
A curved glass block ticket booth stands in the recessed theater entrance, under a metal marquee.
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dark glass
The dark glass and the dark wood are sort of the same during the daytime.
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drinking glass
I lift his fingerprints from a drinking glass and transfer them to the glass of the cabinet.
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expanse of glass
Each pair creates a nearly uninterrupted expanse of glass reaching from the bottom of the house to the top.
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flying glass
Protection against the danger of flying glass injury is kept under review, together with assessments of the efficacy of the protective measures available.
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frosted glass
Until fairly recently—and it may still be the case—pubs had to be boarded up and have frosted glass so that no one could see in.
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glass bead
Even glass bead-making torches, which are essentially bunsen burners with an added air pump, can only achieve temperatures of.
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glass bowl
A trifle in a glass bowl, neatly cut bread already buttered, and of course, that most essential for all significant occasions, the red salmon.
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glass cage
It is probably peering through a glass cage somewhere.
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glass container
I can give a classic example of a large factory that employed skilled men in the glass container industry.
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glass cylinder
A dilated glass cylinder with a glass joint (500-ml) was used as a collection chamber in which airflow was generated using a vacuum pump.
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glass dome
A single moon ray, which breaks through the horizontal bars of the glass dome, sheds its magical light on the main switch, which glitters like a tentacle.
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glass door
Furthermore, the shiny corner of the glass door caused an erroneous reflection.
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glass elevator
This complements a smaller 40-metre reflective stainless-steel disc overlapping the titanium ellipse and visually floats over a glass elevator shaft and the main entrance.
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glass enclosure
In one, a platinum strip (or filament) was operated in a glass enclosure, but was not in a vacuum.
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glass facade
The idea behind the exterior design is that the neighbouring older buildings should be mirrored in the glass facade.
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glass factory
A glass factory has unfortunately closed, but we are hoping to resuscitate it.
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glass globe
In these last four digital projections, a large glass globe seesaws tensely back and forth over a central fulcrum.
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glass jar
The 20 g soil 8 oz glass jar volume is compared to both the 16 and 32 oz glass jar volumes.
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glass negative
The negative is traditionally a glass negative with collodion emulsion, but this step can be performed with a modern silver halide negative, too.
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glass of milk
After she had given each rat a glass of milk, one glass was left with nobody to offer it to.
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glass of sherry
This became a nightly ritual, as the front door was left open for him and the lady provided a glass of sherry at each performance.
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glass panel
The glass panel is removed and entry is made to the property.
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glass partition
At the local prisons, for example, the prisoner on remand sits in a small cubicle separated from his wife by a glass partition.
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glass slipper
It is her foot, and her foot alone, that fits the glass slipper of home defence, and of course her elder sisters feel that they are being cut out.
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glass sphere
Ideally, in analogy with the explosion case, the external pressure should be reasonably close to the crushing pressure of the glass sphere.
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glass tube
Diet ingredients were placed in a sterile glass tube and mixed for 1 min in a vortex mixer.
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glass vessel
After incubation, 10 ml of gas was injected to an air-tight glass vessel in vacuum.
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glass vial
The petiole was inserted into a small glass vial (1.4 x 1.5 x 4.4 cm) filled with water agar (0.9%).
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green glass
It leads to mountains of green glass cullet, which the industry simply cannot use.
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leaded glass
The interior includes pine woodwork, sliding doors, window seat, and a leaded glass transom window.
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metallic glass
Usually the conductivity of a metallic glass is of the same low order of magnitude as of a molten metal just above the melting point.
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molten glass
The first, which contains a crucible of molten glass, is simply referred to as the furnace.
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piece of glass
The girl cut herself on a piece of glass.
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pint glass
Very often what is in a half pint bottle will not go exactly into a half pint glass.
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protective glass
They were not behind protective glass, although they were housed in fabulous silver frames.
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reading glasses
Many patients manage well without distance glasses following surgery but most will need additional reading glasses.
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recycled glass
The firm noted that there were immense production quality problems with recycled glass.
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reflective glass
The oak frames contain either clear glass, reflective glass or metal mesh.
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round glass
After removing the dura, the chamber was filled with silicone oil and sealed with a round glass coverslip.
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shattered glass
Puddles of blood and shattered glass littered a two-block radius.
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sheet glass
And you would also be breaking blown sheet glass in one case and plate glass in the other.
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sliding glass
The sliding glass doors allow the building to gradually open up in warmer weather and also offer views out over the terrace and the lake beyond.
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smoked glass
The news was shown on an epidiascope; we wrote the results on a bit of smoked glass and flashed them up.
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tall glass
The iced coffee was in a tall glass, and she spilled some of it as she put it down.
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tempered glass
The tempered glass windscreen does not, therefore, come near to fulfilling the functions outlined above.
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thick glass
Above ground the walls were of purpose-made castiron standards supporting thick glass panels sealed to the frames with rubber (caoutchouc) gaskets.
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tinted glass
Tinted glass windows and doors were widely used.
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volcanic glass
In fact, my broken bits of volcanic glass are mostly unsuccessful and discarded attempts at arrowheads, rather than the finished thing.
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