Glass

What “Glass” means

Noun

1. An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).
2. Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).
3. A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
4. The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
5. Glassware.

Verb

1. To fit with glass; to glaze.
2. To enclose in glass.
3. Clipping of fibreglass (“to fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fiberglass)”).
4. To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
5. To bombard an area (most often a planet) with such intensity (by means of a nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English glas, from Old English glæs, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, possibly related to Proto-Germanic *glōaną (“to shine”) (compare glow), and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰleh₁- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”). Cognate with West Frisian glês, Low German and German Glas, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish glas, Norwegian Bokmål glass, Icelandic gler.

Business name ideas with “Glass”

Industries where “Glass” fits

We suggest this word for 7 business types and industries, including:

• Window Cleaning Business
• Automotive Glass Replacement Shops
• Flat Glass Manufacturing
• Glass Container Manufacturing
• Glass Product Manufacturing Made of Purchased Glass
• Glass and Glazing Contractors
• Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware Manufacturing