milk glass

American  

noun

1. an opaque white glass.

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milk glass British  

noun

1. opaque white glass, originally produced in imitation of Chinese porcelain

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Etymology

Origin of milk glass

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

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milk glass

Show off your collection of milk glass or vintage Pyrex by adding an extra shelf on top of your kitchen cabinets.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2022

Sentences undulate until they are brought up short by staccato bursts — like those Vidya uses to describe her urgent hunger: “Sweets: yogurt: milk: cream: milk: milk: milk, glass after glass, until I was sick.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2021

The page stopped by Manchin’s desk a fourth time to deliver a coaster for the milk glass that he forgot the first two times into the cloakroom.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2020

We used it on a $25 Craigslist picnic table and a $4 shade from the hardware store, de-countrifying a sweet tag-sale milk glass lamp.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2015

Great eructations rose from his throat and bounced upward toward the refuse-laden bowl of the milk glass chandelier.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole