glass cutting

American  

[glas kuht-ing] / ˈglæs ˌkʌt ɪŋ /

noun

1. the art or craft, practiced by a glass cutter, of etching designs into the surface of glass.

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Other Word Forms

• glass cutter
  noun
• glass-cutting
  adjective

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Example Sentences

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glass cutting

I'm at an AirBnb on a shrubby desert hillside, chopping an onion with a dull chef's knife on a glass cutting board.

From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2021

The woman’s words came back to her like shards of glass, cutting into her: We’ll never stop.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

In cutting the edge of the knife is made to pass over the surface of the glass cutting table, the diameter of which is 7 cm $6.—

From Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus Catalogue No. 40 by Ernst Leitz

Make a scratch with the glass cutting knife on the blood pipette above the upper level of the clear serum, and snap off and discard the empty portion of the tube.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre

Her heart closed down on the splinters of glass, cutting itself at every beat.

From Anne Severn and the Fieldings by May Sinclair

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