glassware

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noun

Articles made from glass, especially drinking glasses, jugs and other tableware made of glass.

Similar
glasswork
OriginMiddle English ware ← Old English waru ← Proto-West Germanic *waru →
CommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

nounglassware (countable and uncountable, plural glasswares)

plural glasswares

  1. countableuncountableArticles made from glass, especially drinking glasses, jugs and other tableware made of glass.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan article of tableware made of glass

Similar
glasswork
Broader
tableware
Also see
glasswork

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*glasą
  2. Proto-West Germanic*glas
  3. Old Englishglæs
  4. Middle Englishglas
  5. Englishglass
  6. Proto-Germanic*warō
  7. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  8. Old Englishwaru
  9. Middle Englishware
  10. Englishglassware

From glass + -ware.

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Translations

Bulgarian стъклария
  • стъклария (stăklarija)tableware made of glass
Chinese Mandarin 玻璃器皿, 料器
  • 玻璃器皿 (bōlí qìmǐn)tableware made of glass
  • 料器 (liàoqì)tableware made of glass
Dutch glasgoed, glasservies
  • glasgoedtableware made of glass
  • glasserviestableware made of glass
Finnish lasitavara, lasiesine
  • lasitavaratableware made of glass
  • lasiesinetableware made of glass
French verrerie
  • verrerietableware made of glass
German Glasware
  • Glaswaretableware made of glass
Hungarian üvegáru, üvegedények
  • üvegárutableware made of glass
  • üvegedényektableware made of glass
Latin vitrea
  • vitreatableware made of glass
Polish wyroby szklane
  • wyroby szklanetableware made of glass
Spanish cristalería
  • cristaleríatableware made of glass
Ukrainian скляни́й по́суд
  • скляни́й по́суд (skljanýj pósud)tableware made of glass
Cite this entry
APA

glassware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glassware

MLA

“glassware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glassware. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glassware,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glassware.

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