sheet glass

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of sheet glass

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

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

Then comes the industrial sheet glass, the theatrical balconies and monumental staircase.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2012

Her grandmother was a munitions worker during the second world war and then worked in a sheet glass factory – experiences that Riseborough drew on for her role in Made in Dagenham.

From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2010

With these words he held out a small bit of sheet glass about two inches square.

From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various