glass tank

American  

noun

1. a reverberatory furnace in which glass is melted directly under the flames.

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Example Sentences

Around the turn of the next century, an Australian actress named Annette Kellerman toured the U.S., donning a one-piece bathing suit instead of traditional pantaloons and performing inside a glass tank.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2022

There’s even a World Mermaid Championship, last held in China in 2019, which featured 70 mermaids flipping and posing in a giant glass tank before a panel of pensive judges.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2022

Cecily Strong finished what felt like a valedictory performance as Jeanine Pirro by dunking herself in a glass tank that said “Boxed Wine.”

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2021

I do appreciate that the popcorn at both the Alamo and Nitehawk is much better than the standard-issue, chemical-y stuff scooped stale from a glass tank.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 19, 2018

They probably thought this glass tank was the whole world.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin