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verglas
[ ver-glah ]
/ vɛrˈglɑ /
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noun, plural ver·glases [ver-glah, -glahz]. /vɛrˈglɑ, -ˈglɑz/.
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Origin of verglas
1800–10; <French; Old French verre-glaz literally, glass-ice, equivalent to verre glass (<Latin vitrum) + glaz ice (<Late Latin glacia;see glacial)
Words nearby verglas
vergence, verge on, verger, Vergil, Vergilian, verglas, Verhaeren, veridical, veriest, verifiability principle, verification
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How to use verglas in a sentence
Have you ceased to be the Chevalier de Verglas, as you used to be called?
The Bath Keepers, v.2 (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume VIII)|Charles Paul de KockThe French, in whose capital it is said to be even more frequent, call it verglas.
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British Dictionary definitions for verglas
verglas
/ (ˈvɛəɡlɑː) /
noun plural -glases (-ɡlɑː, -ɡlɑːz)
a thin film of ice on rock
Word Origin for verglas
from Old French verre-glaz glass-ice, from verre glass (from Latin vitrum) + glaz ice (from Late Latin glacia, from Latin glaciēs)
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