PLATE GLASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plate glass mean? 

• PLATE GLASS (noun)
  The noun PLATE GLASS has 1 sense:

1. glass formed into large thin sheets

  Familiarity information: PLATE GLASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLATE GLASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Glass formed into large thin sheets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

plate glass; sheet glass

Hypernyms ("plate glass" is a kind of...):

flat solid; sheet (a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width)

Meronyms (substance of "plate glass"):

glass (a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure)

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

cover glass; cover slip (a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide)

pane; pane of glass; window glass (sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors)

microscope slide; slide (a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study)

 Context examples 

Silica is a key ingredient in glass, including plate glass for windows, as well as fiberglass.

(Exploding Stars Make Key Ingredient in Sand, Glass, NASA)