glassblowing

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noun

The art of making objects from molten glass, especially by manipulating a lump of molten glass on the end of a tube whilst blowing into it.

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Meanings

nounglassblowing (uncountable)

alternative glass blowing

  1. uncountableThe art of making objects from molten glass, especially by manipulating a lump of molten glass on the end of a tube whilst blowing into it.

Origin

From glass + blowing.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 玻璃吹製 /玻璃吹制
  • 玻璃吹製 /玻璃吹制 (bōli chuīzhì)art of making objects from molten glass
Danish glaspustning, glaspusteri
  • glaspustningart of making objects from molten glass
  • glaspusteriart of making objects from molten glass
Dutch glasblazen
  • glasblazenart of making objects from molten glass
Esperanto vitroblovado
  • vitroblovadoart of making objects from molten glass
Finnish lasinpuhallus
  • lasinpuhallusart of making objects from molten glass
German Glasblasen
  • Glasblasenart of making objects from molten glass
Hungarian üvegfúvás
  • üvegfúvásart of making objects from molten glass
Norwegian Bokmål glassblåsing
  • glassblåsingart of making objects from molten glass
Polish dmuchanie szkła
  • dmuchanie szkłaart of making objects from molten glass
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