glassine

[ gla-seen ]

/ glæˈsin /

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noun

a strong, thin, glazed, semitransparent paper, often made into small bags, used for packaging foods, for book jackets, etc.

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Origin of glassine

First recorded in 1915–20; glass + -ine¹

Words nearby glassine

glassful, glass gall, glass harmonica, glasshouse, glassie, glassine, glass jaw, glass lizard, glass-maker, glassmaking, glassman

How to use glassine in a sentence

(In Philadelphia heroin comes in glassine envelopes ink-stamped with a brand name or logo).
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It was of sulphite fiber inside, and glassine outside; a style afterward reversed, so as to have the glassine the inner tube.
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There were several glassine packets, small packets of hypodermic needles—well, packed in and sterilized in.
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Never use glassine alone for it causes the grafts to overheat and so destroys them.
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British Dictionary definitions for glassine

glassine

/ (ɡlæˈsiːn) /

noun

a glazed translucent paper used for book jackets

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