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Pyrex

[ pahy-reks ]
/ ˈpaɪ rɛks /

Trademark.

a brand name for any of a class of heat- and chemical-resistant glassware products of varying composition used for cooking.

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British Dictionary definitions for Pyrex

Pyrex
/ (ˈpaɪrɛks) /

noun

trademark
  1. any of a variety of borosilicate glasses that have low coefficients of expansion, making them suitable for heat-resistant glassware used in cookery and chemical apparatus
  2. (as modifier)a Pyrex dish
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