Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "glass" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

cup lenses metal plastic solid solid wall wall wood

Typical Location

a cabinet cuboard dining room dishwasher hand kitchen kitchen cupboard sink street table water cooler window

Capable Of

appear empty break easily cup liquid cut human bodies harness power of sun hold liquid hold orange juice hold water many different colors melt recycled and used again serve as mirror shattering withstand modest forces

Coordinate Terms

; bottle can cup

Derived Terms

African glass catfish Alamogordo glass Bohemian glass Bristol blue glass Claude Lorraine glass Claude glass Collins glass Jena glass Lévy glass Mashpi glass frog Muscovy glass Night of Broken Glass Owlglass Tiffany glass Vaseline glass Venetian glass Wegner's glass lizard Wood's glass X-ray absorbing glass [Term?] anaclastic glass art glass aurora glass backglass beer glass beer-glass bioglass blown glass borophosphosilicate glass borosilicate glass bottle and glass brandy glass breakaway glass burning glass burning-glass cabal glass candy glass car glass carnival glass cellular glass insulation chalcogenide glass champagne glass cheval glass cheval-glass chimney-glass cocktail glass coffee glass coffee-glass cognac glass counting glass coverglass crackle glass cranberry glass crown glass cupping glass cupping-glass cut glass cut-glass cylinder glass dope glass dribble glass excise glass eyeglass eyeglasses ferroglass fiberglass fibreglass field glass finger glass flint glass float glass forest glass gall of glass garden glass gate glass gauge glass glasma glasphalt glass arm glass blowing glass blue-eye glass bone disease glass bottle glass cannon glass ceiling glass child glass chin glass cleaner glass cliff glass closet glass coach glass cockpit glass cutter glass delusion glass disease glass door glass eel glass electrode glass eye glass felt glass fiber glass fiber insulation glass frog glass garden glass hammer glass harmonica glass harmonicist glass harp glass harpist glass jaw glass lizard glass metal glass noodle glass octopus glass of antimony glass of welcome glass onion glass painting glass parking lot glass shot glass shrimp glass silk glass snail glass snake glass soap glass sponge glass squid glass tear glass teat glass teletype glass terminal glass transition glass transition temperature glass water glass wool glass à la Psyche glass-bottom boat glass-ceramic glass-crab glass-door glass-faced glass-half-empty glass-half-full glass-hearted glass-rope glass-to-glass glass-works glassblower glassblowing glassblown glasschord glasscutter glasscutting glasser glassery glasses glasseye glassfish glassformer glassful glasshouse glassichord glassification glassify glassine glassite glassless glasslike glassmaker glassmaking glassman glassmith glassophone glasspack glasspaper glassware glasswasher glasswashing glasswork glassworker glassworking glassworks glasswort glassy glazen glaziery green glass ground glass ground glass joint ground-glass hand glass heart of glass heavy glass highball glass horizon glass hour glass hour-glass hurricane glass in glass isinglass jelly glass keeking-glass laminated glass lead glass liquid glass log-glass looking glass looking-glass lowball glass magnifying glass matted glass mesoglass milk glass mimic glass lizard minute glass multiplying glass night glass night-glass nonglass object glass old fashioned glass old-fashioned glass on-the-rocks glass opal glass opera glass optical glass oxycarbide glass pattern glass people that live in glass houses should not throw stones people that live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones people who live in glass houses should not throw stones people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones perspective glass pier glass pint glass plastiglass plate glass plate glass university plate-glass plate-glass university pony glass preserving glass pressed glass prism glass pulse glass quarter glass quartz glass quizzing glass race glass rainbow glass raise one's glass reglass rock glass rock-glass rocks glass safety glass sandglass sandwich glass sapphire glass satin glass sea glass shooter glass shot glass shot-glass show glass show-glass sight glass silica glass single pane of glass slideglass soda glass soda-lime glass soluble glass spin glass spyglass stained glass stainedglass storm glass storm in a glass of water sugar glass sunglass superglass taffeta glass tall glass of water the closet is made of glass the glass half-empty the glass half-full those who live in glass houses should not throw stones those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones through the looking-glass throw stones in a glass house toastmaster's glass toilet glass tulip glass under glass under the magnifying glass uranium glass uviol glass vexing glass vignetting glass volcanic glass walk on broken glass watch glass water glass weather-glass weatherglass whiskey glass windowglass wine glass wine-glass wireglass

Distinct From

crystal cup door plastic

Etymologically Related To

glow

Has Part

reflective qualitities refractive index resonant frequency

Context

basketball ice hockey metonymically science fiction sport uk

Has Property

ceramic clean clear coloured considered fragile dirty empty fragile green half empty half full half full or half empty hard and brittle hard to scratch inverted non porous opaque opaque to visible light recyclable reflective sharp smooth solid very fragile

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

amphetamine change close in container containerful controlled substance enclose furnish glassware glasswork inclose insert introduce mirror offer pep pill provide put in refracting telescope render scan shut in solid speed stick in supply upper

Type Of (IsA)

achromatism amorphous solid amorphous solid at room temperature amorphous solid without crystalline form amorpous solid at room temperature beaker breakable brittle thing container containerful flying implies fragile object glassware ground sand inanimate object inorganic substance liquid at room tempeature mineral non fluidlike substance physical substance solid solid object something you supercooled liquid vehicle

Made Of

molten sand sand silica

Manner Of

enclose insert scan supply

Part Of

eyeglasses window

Receives Action

blown blown into shapes broken coated found in building found in bus found in car found in house found in kitchen found in taxi made from fused silicon dioxide made from melted sand made from sand melted recycled rolled into sheets sent for recycling shattered tempered tinted wrapped in napkin

Related Terms

glaze glazier glazing

Related Terms

amorphous apparatus backboard baked baked sand barometer beaker beverage beverage holder binocular blown bombard bottle bottle material bottles breakable breakable container breakable cup breakable window brittle brittle material broken burnisher cars ceramic champagne champagne holder clarity clear clear breakable clear brittle clear container clear cup clear fragile clear material clear mirror clear pane clear panes clear plastic clear plate clear sand clear shiny clear silica clear silicon clear silicone clear solid clear window container content content drink cover covering crockery crockery unit crystal crystal clear cup cup material cupboard cups cylinder cylindrical cylindrical container device dioxide dish drink drink container drink cup drink from drink holder drink out drink something drink ware drink wine drinking drinking apparatus drinking container drinking cup drinking device drinking from drinking goblet drinking implement drinking instrument drinking object drinking receptacle drinking seeing drinking utensil drinking vessel drinking water drinks easily easily breakable easily broken element even fibreglass filler fired fired sand for drinking for drinks for water for windows fragile fragile cup fragile material fragile transparent fragility frames from sand from window full fused fused sand fusion bomb generally generally transparent glassware glassy glaze goblet ground ground sand half half full hand hand blown hard hard clear hard material heated heated sand hockey rink holder holding holding water holds holds drink holds water hourglass ice implement in widow in window in windows inside instrument invisible invisible wall jug kitchen kitchen object landscape larger larger cup lass lass inside lenses like like plastic lime liquid liquid container liquid in liquid sand liquids looking made made of made sand magnifying glass making making windows martini martini server material material window melt melted melted sand milk mirror mirror material mirror window mirrors molten molten sand nothing nuclear bomb object on window on windows one serving opaque out out of oxide packed packed sand pane panes part plastic plate polish potash pressed pressed sand product prone protective put put water receptacle refined refined sand reflect reflection reflective round sand sand made sand product screen see see through see thru seeing semi server serving shards sharp shatter shatter prone shatters shine shiny silica silica material silicon silicon dioxide silicon oxide silicone smooth smooth clear soda solid sometimes sometimes transparent stained stone stuff substance tall tall round telescope through thru translucent transparency transparent transparent cup transparent hard transparent material transparent pane transparent silicon transparent solid transparent substance transparent window transparent windows tumbler unit used used windows usually usually clear utensil vase very very fragile vessel vitreous vitreous material wall ware water water container water cup water holder water in water vessel widow window window cover window covering window element window even window filler window material window pane window panes window part window stuff windows windows cups windows material windshield wine wine container wine cup

Synonym Network

field glass glaze looking glass methamphetamine

Used For

drink from drink margaritas out of drink water drinking drinking from drinking liquid from drinking out of hold holding drink holding liquid holding liquid in hand holding liquid to drink holding liquids holding liquids and ice cubes holding water making windows and for drinking cups seeing through viewing liquid within

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.