"milk glass" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: milk glasses [plural]
Etymology: (opaque glass): Referring to the milky look of this type of glass. Etymology templates: {{sense|opaque glass}} (opaque glass): Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} milk glass (countable and uncountable, plural milk glasses)
  1. (usually uncountable) Opaque glass, especially the kind having a white shade; first produced in Italy in the 1500s as an imitation of Chinese porcelain. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (white, opaque glass): матово стъкло (matovo stǎklo) (Bulgarian), melkglas [neuter] (Dutch), maitolasi (Finnish), Milchglas [neuter] (German), tejüveg (Hungarian), szkło mleczne [neuter] (Polish), vidro leitoso [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-milk_glass-en-noun-cQxPOAPv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'white, opaque glass': 80 20
  2. (countable) A drinking glass intended or currently used for milk. Tags: countable Hypernyms: opal glass
    Sense id: en-milk_glass-en-noun-LIz31fHK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53

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