Collocations for "glass"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "glass" in context.
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glass
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [water, beer, wine] glass
- [a broken, an empty, a full, a pint] glass
- a glass of [water]
- would [drink, have, take] a glass of [water]
- spilled a glass of [water] (on)
- shall I fill your glass?
- raise a glass to [absent friends, the happy couple]
- please raise your glasses
- the glass is half [full, empty]
- [broke, cracked] the glass
- the glass [broke, smashed, shattered, imploded]
- the glass shattered into
- an [antique, 18th-century] looking glass
- look through the glass
- is made (out) of glass
- [recycled, green, brown, stained, frosted] glass
- glass and [metal, plastic, steel, ceramic]
- glass or plastic
- the glass is [fogged, dirty]
- [cut, hurt] myself on broken glass
- wears glasses for [reading, studying, driving]
- [designer, fitted, framed] glasses
- stained glass windows
- a glass [window, ornament, table, door]
- a glass [bottle, oven tray]
- has a glass eye
- the [porch, greenhouse, shower] was glassed in
- glassed with [fiberglass, epoxy]
- her eyes glassed over
- UK: glassed him for [spilling, saying, insulting, hitting]
- UK: glassed [him, the landlord, the barman]
'glass' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Polish
- ashtray
- attendant
- bar
- barefoot
- bead
- beer
- bin
- bitter
- blow
- blown
- bottle
- bottom
- bowl
- broken
- bubble
- cabinet
- carving
- ceiling
- chandelier
- chilled
- chip
- choice
- clear
- coaster
- cocktail
- construct
- construction
- container
- cool
- covering
- crack
- crashed
- crawl
- crunch
- crystal
- cup
- cut
- delicate
- display
- door
- down
- drape
- drink
- drip
- dull
- dummy
- dust
- embed
- empty