What does "pyrex" mean?
Alternative form of pyrex.
Pyrex
name, noun
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Alternative form of pyrex.
- Grammar: pyrex is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: bakeware, borosilicate glass, glassware, heat resistant glass.
- Useful contrasts: nonglassware, plasticware, soda-lime glass.
- Usage evidence: This steel tube slips into the pyrex glass focus tube, which is jacketed by a vacuum
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of pyrex. alt-of, alternative, uncountable
- 2 A kind of heat-resistant borosilicate glass, made by mixing a high concentration of boron oxides into the molten glass to reduce its thermal expansion coefficient. uncountable
"This steel tube slips into the pyrex glass focus tube, which is jacketed by a vacuum"
- 3 a borosilicate glass with a low coefficient of expansion; used for heat-resistant glassware in cooking and chemistry wordnet
- 4 Any borosilicate glass. broadly, uncountable
- 5 Any glass capable of withstanding high temperatures, such as tempered glass suitable for cooking. broadly, uncountable
Proper Noun
- 1 A brand of glassware produced by the Corning corporation, capable of resisting high temperatures, and suitable for cooking applications, currently made with tempered glass.
- 2 A brand of glassware produced by Corning using borosilicate glass. historical
Synonyms
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Example
"This steel tube slips into the pyrex glass focus tube, which is jacketed by a vacuum"
Common questions
What is a synonym for "pyrex"?
Common synonyms include: bakeware, borosilicate glass, glassware, heat resistant glass, ovenware.
How do you use "pyrex" in a sentence?
This steel tube slips into the pyrex glass focus tube, which is jacketed by a vacuum
Etymology
Etymology 1
From pie + r + -ex. First manufactured by the Corning Glassware Factory in 1915. * 1957, Letter from the Corning Glassware Factory: *: "We had a number of prior trademarks ending in the letters ex. One of the first commercial products to be sold under the new mark was a pie plate, and in the interests of euphonism the letter "r" was inserted between pie and ex, and the whole thing condensed to pyrex."
Etymology 2
Genericization of the trademark Pyrex