opal glass

American  

noun

1. a translucent or opaque glass, usually of a milky white hue.

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opal glass British  

noun

1. glass that is opalescent or white, made by the addition of fluorides

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Etymology

Origin of opal glass

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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opal glass

Bright morning light shone in through the four restored clock faces — perched high above the Houses of Parliament — each with 324 pieces of pot opal glass produced in Germany.

From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2022

The Carousel pendant’s ring of gunmetal or brass cylinders is tipped with opal glass diffusers.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 30, 2019

Today, more than three dozen restaurants — stalwarts like Joe Allen, Orso and Becco — steal some of the spotlight from Barbetta, whose incandescent, vertical sign is made of opal glass.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2018

There are some lovely specimens of that process with such a frightfully ugly name, but which, in plain parlance, are pictures on opal glass, though Mr. Helsby has christened them “Helioaristotypia miniatures.”

From The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years by Werge, John

They are sometimes naked, but as a rule their brightness is tempered by globes of ground or opal glass.

From The Story of Electricity by Munro, John