cullet

[ kuhl-it ]

noun

1. broken or waste glass suitable for remelting.

cullet

/ ˈkʌlɪt /

noun

1. waste glass for melting down to be reused

Word History and Origins

Origin of cullet¹

1810–20; variant of collet < Italian colletto glass blower's term, literally, little neck. See col, -et

Word History and Origins

Origin of cullet¹

C17: perhaps variant of collet (literally: little neck, referring to the glass neck of newly blown bottles, etc)

Example Sentences

Bohemian table or plate glass is made with 63 parts of quartz; 26 of purified potashes; 11 of sifted slaked lime, and some cullet.

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This broken glass is called "cullet," and is carefully swept into piles and kept in bins for use in the furnaces.

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It is then mixed with the glass mixture and broken glass (“cullet”), and replaced in the crucibles.

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They can be traced by cullet heaps and broken-down furnaces, and by their names, often mutilated, recorded in parish registers.

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