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fused quartz

noun

glass made entirely from quartz: a form of silica glass.

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Words nearby fused quartz

fusarium wilt, fuscous, fuse, fuse box, fused kidney, fused quartz, fused sentence, fusee, fusel oil, fuselage, fuseli

Origin of fused quartz

First recorded in 1920–25
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