pressed glass


noun

molded glass that has been shaped or given its pattern, while molten, by the action of a plunger thrust into the mold.

Origin of pressed glass

First recorded in 1865–70

Example sentences from the Web for pressed glass

  • From time to time he bought different kinds of preserves sold in pressed-glass goblets and jugs of various sizes.

    Geoffrey Hampstead |Thomas Stinson Jarvis