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

The company, which used to cut acrylic, was not considered a machine tool-maker - but it eventually developed machinery to cut glass and became "the star of Apple's mobile phone surface processing," Mr Lin says.

From BBC

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

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

One officer had a hand wound from cut glass.

From Seattle Times

I’m standing beside a table laid out with a cloth and cut glass and matching china.

From Literature