Pyrex

[pahy-reks]

Trademark.

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

Pyrex

/ ˈpaɪrɛks /

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

Or the yellow Formica kitchen, with its Pyrex hot plate, wall-mounted radio, original Eames barstools and drop-leaf dining table still intact — all charming throwbacks to a simpler time.

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In “Last Rites,” the house of the beset Smurl family comes instantly to life with its worn furniture, Pyrex casserole pans and stretched cord of its wall phone.

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The kind you might have first met at a 4th of July picnic in a glass Pyrex dish, where guacamole and sour cream mingled with salsa and shredded cheese in slightly slouchy strata.

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"It took us two series to work out that we probably should be using Pyrex bowls so people could see what we were putting in them," laughs Si.

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"You might get a tea set, a set of Pyrex dishes, cookware… it’s better than a kick in the teeth isn’t it?"

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