water glass

noun

1
: a glass vessel (such as a drinking glass) for holding water
2
: an instrument consisting of an open box or tube with a glass bottom used for examining objects in or under water
3
: a substance that consists usually of the silicate of sodium, is found in commerce as a glassy mass, a stony powder, or dissolved in water as a viscous syrupy liquid, and is used especially as a cement, a protective coating, and as a fireproofing agent

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Word History

First Known Use

1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of water glass was in 1590

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water glass

noun
: a glass container (as a drinking glass) for holding water

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