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Pyrex en · NOUN
Etymology
From pie + r + -ex.
First manufactured by the Corning Glassware Factory in 1915.
* 1957, Letter from the Corning Glassware Factory:
*: "We had a number of prior trademarks ending in the letters ex. One of the first commercial products to be sold under the new mark was a pie plate, and in the interests of euphonism the letter "r" was inserted between pie and ex, and the whole thing condensed to pyrex."
* By surface analysis, the name also suggests pyr- (“fire”) + rex (“king”), thus connoting superior performance at high temperatures; in this regard, compare also the name of a major competing brand, Fire-King.
Meanings
(alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of pyrex.
From pie + r + -ex.
First manufactured by the Corning Glassware Factory in 1915.
* 1957, Letter from the Corning Glassware Factory:
*: "We had a number of prior trademarks ending in the letters ex. One of the first commercial products to be sold under the new mark was a pie plate, and in the interests of euphonism the letter "r" was inserted between pie and ex, and the whole thing condensed to pyrex."
* By surface analysis, the name also suggests pyr- (“fire”) + rex (“king”), thus connoting superior performance at high temperatures; in this regard, compare also the name of a major competing brand, Fire-King.
Meanings
A brand of glassware produced by the Corning corporation, capable of resisting high temperatures, and suitable for cooking applications, currently made with tempered glass.
(historical) A brand of glassware produced by Corning using borosilicate glass.