verglas
Americannoun
plural
verglasesnoun
Etymology
Origin of verglas
1800–10; < French; Old French verre-glaz literally, glass-ice, equivalent to verre glass (< Latin vitrum ) + glaz ice (< Late Latin glacia; glacial )
Example Sentences
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The photo shoot was the idea of Antoine Verglas, a famous fashion photographer who had shot Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer and other supermodels.
From Washington Post
Verglas said that around the same time he was working with Melania he was also shooting Carla Bruni, a model now married to former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
From Washington Post
But Melania stayed away from “the scene,” hung out in her modest apartment and had “no history of boyfriends” in New York, Verglas said.
From Washington Post
Barely breathing now, I moved my feet up, scrabbling my crampon points across the verglas.
From Literature
Just Up the Street, Too, ‘You Sleep Extremely Well’ When the fashion photographer Antoine Verglas bought his apartment at 169 Hudson in 2001, he viewed the tunnel with some trepidation.
From New York Times
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