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 • Apr. 18, 2025

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

He bought me cheap gifts: a glass figurine, a prickly brooch of cut glass, a silver- colored cigarette lighter.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan