cut glass

American  

noun

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

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cut glass British  

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

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Other Word Forms

• cut-glass adjective

Etymology

Origin of cut glass

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Originally from Staffordshire, Bailey made his money as a partner in Neale & Bailey, a very successful retailer of china and cut glass in the late 18th and early 19th Century.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2024

His perpetually fit father simply provides too target-rich an environment, with a jaw line that still could cut glass four decades after his first film role in “The Outsiders.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2023

One officer had a hand wound from cut glass.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2023

That means we gaze upward at this shocked, frightened young woman gazing into the cut glass, looking like she's drowning or, if not that, as if she'd like to.

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2021

The glare Nate gives Rhys could cut glass, and my butterflies get in line.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam