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bottle glass
noun
- glass of a deep green or amber color.
bottle glass
noun
- glass used for making bottles, consisting of a silicate of sodium, calcium, and aluminium
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Other Words From
- bottle-glass adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bottle glass1
First recorded in 1620–30
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Example Sentences
Around, the floor was composed of solid dark green obsidian, as hard and transparent and sharp as bottle-glass.
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To make bottle-glass, oxide of iron and alumina is added to the silica, lime, and soda.
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A pot of green bottle-glass had been allowed to cool slowly with the result that it had a stony, rather than a vitreous structure.
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Flint, plate glass, old bottle glass, onyx--all could be worked with equal facility.
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It was guarded by a wall about eight feet high, the top of which bristled with bottle-glass.
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