sheet glass

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noun

glass in sheet form produced by drawing or by the cylinder glass process.

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Origin of sheet glass

First recorded in 1795–1805

Words nearby sheet glass

sheet down, sheet erosion, sheet-fed, sheet feeder, sheet film, sheet glass, sheet ice, sheeting, sheet lightning, sheet metal, sheet music

How to use sheet glass in a sentence

Such lenses may generally be made out of bits of good plate or sheet glass, and are of constant use in the physical laboratory.
On Laboratory Arts|Richard Threlfall
The sheet glass which is obscured by a system of wrinkles on its surface is, however, sometimes known as "maze-glass."
Mazes and Labyrinths|W. H. Matthews
Differently arranged furnaces are used for bottles from those employed for crown and sheet glass.
British Manufacturing Industries|L. Arnoux
With these words he held out a small bit of sheet glass about two inches square.
The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877|Various

American sheet glass is made in two thicknesses—single and double strength—and in four qualities.
Convenient Houses|Louis Henry Gibson