"cut-glass" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} cut-glass (not comparable)
  1. attributive form of cut glass (“made of cut glass”) Tags: attributive, form-of, not-comparable Form of: cut glass (extra: made of cut glass)
    Sense id: en-cut-glass-en-adj-lqGskwRA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27
  2. Alternative form of cutglass (“clearly enunciated”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: cutglass (extra: clearly enunciated)
    Sense id: en-cut-glass-en-adj-9bKFCtB9

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