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GLASSWORK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glasswork mean? 

GLASSWORK (noun)
  The noun GLASSWORK has 1 sense:

1. an article of tableware made of glassplay

  Familiarity information: GLASSWORK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GLASSWORK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An article of tableware made of glass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

glassware; glasswork

Hypernyms ("glasswork" is a kind of...):

tableware (articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware))

Meronyms (substance of "glasswork"):

glass (a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glasswork"):

crystal (glassware made of quartz)

cut glass (glass decorated by cutting or grinding facets)

glass (glassware collectively)

Venetian glass (fine glassware made near Venice)


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