"float glass" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: float glasses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} float glass (usually uncountable, plural float glasses)
  1. Glass in the form of flat sheets, made by floating molten glass on the surface of molten metal; currently the main method of producing window glass. Wikipedia link: float glass Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Glass Coordinate_terms: crown glass, cylinder glass, rolled glass Translations (glass made by floating process): tasolasi (Finnish), float-lasi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-float_glass-en-noun-dMVEYopD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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