Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quantity that a glass can hold.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Glassy; shining like glass.
- noun As much as a glass holds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The contents of a glass; as much of anything as a glass will hold.
- adjective obsolete Glassy; shining like glass.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The amount that a
glass will hold. - adjective obsolete
glassy ; shining like glass.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quantity a glass will hold
Etymologies
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Examples
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From those positions, the extra depth looked real but also a little flatter and more subtle than in what you might call "glassed" or "glassful" 3-D.
Glassless 3-D looks for a spot in the living room Rob Pegoraro 2011
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He pours another glassful of rum sipping this one slowly.
The Explosions Sound Like Gunshots sean m. poole 2011
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I know where you are coming from being heavily pregnant in Summer … I survived on crushed ice by the huge glassful, continuously – worked a treat!
impatience 2009
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As he put up his lips, Paula bent her head forward, and, nicely directed, from the indented crown of her hat canted a glassful of water into his face.
CHAPTER XXIX 2010
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At New York artist Jennifer Rubell's opening Monday at London's Stephen Friedman Gallery, Bianca Jagger splashed her glassful of red wine across one of the artist's $25,000-priced works.
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But in the next minute he removed a frosty pitcher of margaritas from the refrigerator and poured her a glassful.
Scarlet Nights Jude Deveraux 2010
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But in the next minute he removed a frosty pitcher of margaritas from the refrigerator and poured her a glassful.
Scarlet Nights Jude Deveraux 2010
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“Me too,” Hunter said, eagerly gulping down a steaming glassful.
Kiss It Erin Downing 2010
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Tasting them isfine, but wade through a gloopy glassful?
Wine: Life is sweet 2010
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It has been said of us: For a small glassful of laughter we would kill.
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