glassmaking

[ glas-mey-king, glahs- ]

noun

1. the art of making glass or glassware.

Other Words From

• glassmaker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of glassmaking¹

First recorded in 1810–20; glass + making

Example Sentences

This is as bespoke as glassmaking gets, hot-shaped and slow-cooled by hand, overseen by artisan glassmakers with decades of experience.

From Eater

All these branches of glassmaking were therefore practised by the Spaniards from an early period of their history.

From Project Gutenberg

The art of glassmaking surely goes back to the morning of the world.

From Project Gutenberg

In succession the same greed killed the cotton, the glovemaking, the glassmaking, and the brewing trades.

From Project Gutenberg

Windows of large houses were of opaque glass supplied by a glassmaking craft.

From Project Gutenberg

Silicones for motor insulation and subzero lubricants—used in new glassmaking techniques for myriad products.

From Project Gutenberg