"glassery" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: glasseries [plural]
Etymology: glass + -ery Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|glass|ery}} glass + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} glassery (countable and uncountable, plural glasseries)
  1. (countable) A business that works with glass or glassware; glassworks. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-glassery-en-noun-r6QvWre5
  2. (countable, uncountable) A building or group of buildings made largely of glass windows. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Buildings, Rooms
    Sense id: en-glassery-en-noun-8YmUrC7W Disambiguation of Buildings: 7 51 9 7 10 16 Disambiguation of Rooms: 9 26 24 9 9 23
  3. (countable) A room with many windows; sunroom. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Rooms
    Sense id: en-glassery-en-noun-na3rtdBY Disambiguation of Rooms: 9 26 24 9 9 23
  4. (countable) A place for storing or displaying glassware. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-glassery-en-noun-QEMD4-bT
  5. (uncountable) Glassware. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-glassery-en-noun-LSF~X6N5
  6. (uncountable) Skill in working with glass. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Rooms
    Sense id: en-glassery-en-noun-HC5~mPkM Disambiguation of Rooms: 9 26 24 9 9 23

Inflected forms

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