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GLASSWARE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An article of tableware made of glass

Synonyms:

glassware; glasswork

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("glassware" is a kind of...):

tableware (articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware))

Meronyms (substance of "glassware"):

glass (a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glassware"):

crystal (glassware made of quartz)

cut glass (glass decorated by cutting or grinding facets)

glass (glassware collectively)

Venetian glass (fine glassware made near Venice)

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