cullet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cullet
1810–20; variant of collet < Italian colletto glass blower's term, literally, little neck. See col, -et
Example Sentences
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She sourced more of these chunks, called cullet, from West Virginia, loading her Jeep and hauling hundreds of pounds of glass rocks through the mountains back to her Philadelphia studio.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022
“It’s getting more rare,” she said of the cullet.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022
It could be sold to glassmakers who would use it in their furnaces to make a new batch - the addition of cullet makes the melting temperature lower.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2021
The cullet is made from glass from kerbside collections and bottle banks, which is processed in a recycling hub at the port.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2021
This broken glass is called "cullet," and is carefully swept into piles and kept in bins for use in the furnaces.
From How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Bleyer, Willard Grosvenor
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