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glassworks

American  
[glas-wurks, glahs-] / ˈglæsˌwɜrks, ˈglɑs- /

noun

(usually used with a singular verb)
  • glassworks
    plural
  1. a factory where glass is made.


glassworks British  
/ ˈɡlɑːsˌwɜːks /

noun

  1. (functioning as singular) a factory for the moulding of glass

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of glassworks

1620–30; glass + works (in the sense “manufacturing establishment”)


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After a hearty breakfast, we caught the vaporetto to Murano, the outlying island famous for its glassworks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

After all, the very Christmas ball itself — that ubiquitous ornament found on trees all over the planet — traces its origins to a glassworks in the Vosges.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2021

If you miss the presentation, TAM’s other galleries contain treasures of Northwest landscape paintings, Pilchuck School glassworks, and contemporary Indigenous portraiture.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2021

In May, I attended the Ethereal Summit, a conference held in a former industrial glassworks in Maspeth, Queens.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 15, 2018

The processes carried on in the great chemical works at Chauny are in their way as interesting as the processes carried on at St.-Gobain or in the glassworks here.

From France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 by William Henry Hurlbert

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