cut glass

noun

glass ornamented or shaped by cutting or grinding with abrasive wheels.

Origin of cut glass

First recorded in 1835–45

OTHER WORDS FROM cut glass

cut-glass, adjective

Words nearby cut glass

cut dead, cut down, cut drop, cut fastball, cut flower, cut glass, cut ice, cut in, cut into, cut it, cut it fine

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British Dictionary definitions for cut glass

cut glass

noun

  1. glass, esp bowls, vases, etc, decorated by facet-cutting or grinding
  2. (as modifier)a cut-glass vase
(modifier) (of an accent) upper-class; refined