Dictionary

water glass en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A drinking vessel intended or used for water.
   • She asked the server to refill her water glass.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any of various water-soluble silicate compounds, especially when occurring in dissolved, jelly-like form.
   • No; what I felt was a sort of glazed numbness, as if I were suspended in some thin, transparent stuff, like one of the eggs my mother used to preserve in waterglass when I was a child. 1993, John Banville, Ghosts:
3. (countable, uncountable) A water gauge for a steam boiler.
4. (countable, uncountable) An instrument consisting of an open box or tube with a glass bottom, used for examining objects in the water, as upon the sea bottom in shallow places.
5. (countable, uncountable) A water clock.

Forms

Deriveds

waterglassful

Synonyms

liquid glass · soluble glass · sodium silicate

Translations (21)

aht tutiił (drinking vessel) · shn ၵွၵ်းၼမ်ႉ (drinking vessel) · bg водно стъкло (water-soluble silicates) · ja 水ガラス (water-soluble silicates) · nl waterglas (drinking vessel) · is vatnsglas (drinking vessel) · it bicchiere da acqua (drinking vessel) · pl szklanka do wody (drinking vessel) · ko 물컵 (drinking vessel) · de Wasserglas (drinking vessel) · pl szkło wodne (water-soluble silicates) · fr verre liquide (water-soluble silicates) · it bicchiere per l'acqua (drinking vessel) · fi vesilasi (water-soluble silicates) · oui 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾁𐽳𐽲 (drinking vessel) · ko 물잔 (drinking vessel) · fr verre à eau (drinking vessel) · fi vesilasi (drinking vessel) · tr su bardağı (water-soluble silicates) · sv vattenglas (drinking vessel) · cmn 水杯 (drinking vessel)