HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 19:48:56 GMT Server: Apache/1.2b4 Connection: close Content-Type: text/html WordNet


About WordNet

Use WordNet online

Download WordNet 1.7

Changes in version 1.7

Frequently asked questions

WordNet manuals

Glossary of terms

Current events

Publications

License & commercial use

Related projects


Send comments or questions pertaining to WordNet only to wordnet@princeton.edu. We are not a dictionary or thesaurus service, and irrelevant mail will not be answered.


Search word:

WordNet 1.6 overview for "glass"



The noun "glass" has 6 senses in WordNet.

1. glass -- (a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure)
2. glass, drinking glass -- (a glass container for holding liquids while drinking)
3. glass, glassful -- (the quantity a glass will hold)
4. field glass, glass, spyglass -- (a small refracting telescope)
5. looking glass, glass -- (a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror)
6. glass -- (glassware collectively; "She collected old glass")

Search for of senses
Show glosses
Show contextual help




The verb "glass" has 5 senses in WordNet.

1. glass, glaze -- (furnish with glass, as of a window)
2. glass -- (scan with binoculars, as for game in the forest)
3. glass, glass in -- (enclose with glass; "glass in a porch")
4. glass -- (put in a glass container)
5. glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over -- (become glassy; of eyes; "Her eyes glaze over when she is bored")

Search for of senses
Show glosses
Show contextual help