plate glass
noun
a soda-lime-silica glass formed by rolling the hot glass into a plate that is subsequently ground and polished, used in large windows, mirrors, etc.
plateglass
-
a word derived from
plate glass.
Example Sentences
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In an effort to escape the terminal, she pressed on a plateglass door, which shattered on the sidewalk.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
A football field’s length of plateglass windows were blown out.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
“On a tour of Texas last week they kicked through a plateglass door in Amarillo to get him to autograph their arms and underclothes.”
From Time ● Jan. 8, 2016
His store on the Prinsens-Gade, with its flag over the door and the costly sheen of the fur coats behind the thick plateglass, is one of the most expensive, the most profitable in Oslo.
From Time Magazine Archive
He turned to his desk and sat with his head propped in his hands, staring at the little photograph of Wartrace Hall which he had had mounted in a plateglass paper-weight.
From The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush by Francis Lynde
