sheet glass
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sheet glass
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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THE presidential palace in Ankara is a 1,150-room modern fortress of stone pillars and sheet glass, completed for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2015 at an official cost of $615m.
From Economist • Aug. 25, 2016
He worked with sheet glass and embedded glass slabs in concrete and other substrates, a technique called dalle de verre.
From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2015
Architects took mass-produced sheet glass and combined it with structural steel to produce skyscrapers that invented a new city life.
From The Guardian • May 24, 2013
Then comes the industrial sheet glass, the theatrical balconies and monumental staircase.
From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2012
The gathering for sheet glass is done much as was that for the smaller pieces.
From The Story of Glass by Gray, C.P.
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