Glass vs. Porcelain
Difference Between Glass and Porcelain
Glassnoun
(uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda, potash and lime.
The tabletop is made of glass.A popular myth is that window glass is actually an extremely viscous liquid.Porcelainnoun
A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.
Tableware and toilets are both made of porcelain.Glassnoun
(countable) A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
Fill my glass with milk, please.Porcelainnoun
: porcelain tableware.
He set the table with our porcelain and stemware.Glassnoun
(metonymically) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
There is half a glass of milk in each pound of chocolate we produce.Porcelainnoun
: the kind of clay traditionally used in China to manufacture porcelain.
Glassnoun
(uncountable) Glassware.
We collected art glass.Porcelainnoun
An object made of porcelain, (particularly) art objects or items of tableware.
The museum has an extensive collection of rare Chinese porcelains.Glassnoun
A mirror.
She adjusted her lipstick in the glass.Porcelainnoun
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Glassnoun
A magnifying glass or telescope.
Porcelainnoun
: strings of shells, beads, etc. used as ornamentation or currency; the composite shells, beads, etc.
Glassnoun
(sport) A barrier made of solid, transparent material.
Porcelainnoun
A kind of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers.
Glassnoun
The backboard.
He caught the rebound off the glass.Porcelainnoun
ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic
Glassnoun
(ice hockey) The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
He fired the outlet pass off the glass.Glassnoun
A barometer.
Glassnoun
Transparent or translucent.
glass frog;glass shrimp;glass wormGlassnoun
(obsolete) An hourglass.
Glassverb
(transitive) To fit with glass; to glaze.
Glassverb
(transitive) To enclose in glass.
Glassverb
(transitive) fibreglass. To fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fiberglass).
Glassverb
To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
Glassverb
(science fiction) To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
Glassverb
To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
Glassverb
To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
Glassverb
To reflect; to mirror.
Glassverb
To become glassy.
Glassnoun
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
Glassnoun
a glass container for holding liquids while drinking
Glassnoun
the quantity a glass will hold
Glassnoun
a small refracting telescope
Glassnoun
amphetamine used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
Glassnoun
a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror
Glassnoun
glassware collectively;
She collected old glassGlassverb
furnish with glass;
glass the windowsGlassverb
scan (game in the forest) with binoculars
Glassverb
enclose with glass;
glass in a porchGlassverb
put in a glass container
Glassverb
become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance;
Her eyes glaze over when she is bored
