bottle glass
glass of a deep green or amber color.
Origin of bottle glass
1Other words from bottle glass
- bottle-glass, adjective
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How to use bottle glass in a sentence
Around, the floor was composed of solid dark green obsidian, as hard and transparent and sharp as bottle-glass.
The White Man's Foot | Grant AllenTo make bottle-glass, oxide of iron and alumina is added to the silica, lime, and soda.
Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy | Frank Richard StocktonA pot of green bottle-glass had been allowed to cool slowly with the result that it had a stony, rather than a vitreous structure.
An Introduction to the History of Science | Walter LibbyFlint, plate glass, old bottle glass, onyx--all could be worked with equal facility.
Hunting with the Bow and Arrow | Saxton PopeIt was guarded by a wall about eight feet high, the top of which bristled with bottle-glass.
The Lighthouse | R.M. Ballantyne
British Dictionary definitions for bottle glass
glass used for making bottles, consisting of a silicate of sodium, calcium, and aluminium
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