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glassmaking

[ glas-mey-king, glahs- ]

/ ˈglæsˌmeɪ kɪŋ, ˈglɑs- /

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noun

the art of making glass or glassware.

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Origin of glassmaking

First recorded in 1810–20; glass + making

OTHER WORDS FROM glassmaking

glassmaker, noun

Words nearby glassmaking

glassie, glassine, glass jaw, glass lizard, glass-maker, glassmaking, glassman, glasspaper, glass pox, glass snake, glass string

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How to use glassmaking in a sentence

This is as bespoke as glassmaking gets, hot-shaped and slow-cooled by hand, overseen by artisan glassmakers with decades of experience.
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All these branches of glassmaking were therefore practised by the Spaniards from an early period of their history.
The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume II (of 3)|Leonard Williams
The art of glassmaking surely goes back to the morning of the world.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 4 (of 14)|Elbert Hubbard
In succession the same greed killed the cotton, the glovemaking, the glassmaking, and the brewing trades.
The Glories of Ireland|Edited by Joseph Dunn and P.J. Lennox

Windows of large houses were of opaque glass supplied by a glassmaking craft.
Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed.|S. A. Reilly
Silicones for motor insulation and subzero lubricants—used in new glassmaking techniques for myriad products.
The Practical Values of Space Exploration|Committee on Science and Astronautics