cut glass

noun

1. glass ornamented or shaped by cutting or grinding with abrasive wheels.

cut glass

noun

1. 1. glass, esp bowls, vases, etc, decorated by facet-cutting or grinding

   2. ( as modifier )

      a cut-glass vase

2. (modifier) (of an accent) upper-class; refined

Other Word Forms

• cut-glass adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cut glass¹

First recorded in 1835–45