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plate glass en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Sheet glass; a type of glass, initially produced in plane form, commonly used for windows, windshields, etc.
   • Two large windows are provided in the front of the cab with a roller type of route indicator between them; both windows and indicator are fitted with ¼-in.-thick toughened plate glass. 1955 June, “Two-Car Electric Units for Tyneside and Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 388:
   • About ten years ago, I even helped heave a concrete block through the plate glass window of a store 1986 December 7, Margaret Hunt, “Discord in the Happy Valley: Report of a Conference on Feminism, Sexuality and Power”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 21, page 8:

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plate-glass university