"pierglass" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pierglasses [plural], pier glass [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pierglass (plural pierglasses)
  1. A tall narrow mirror, usually set between two windows, above a pier table Related terms: pier table
    Sense id: en-pierglass-en-noun-6EKJXai3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pier glass",
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      ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “The Dead”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 231:",
          "text": "Her photograph stood before the pierglass.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "\"All the Pretty Horses\" by Cormac McCarthy (1992)",
          "text": "The candleflame and the image of the candleflame caught in the pierglass twisted and righted when he entered the hall and again when he shut the door."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tall narrow mirror, usually set between two windows, above a pier table"
      ],
      "id": "en-pierglass-en-noun-6EKJXai3",
      "links": [
        [
          "mirror",
          "mirror"
        ],
        [
          "window",
          "window"
        ],
        [
          "pier table",
          "pier table"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "pier table"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pierglass"
}
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pierglasses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pier glass",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pierglass (plural pierglasses)",
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    }
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    {
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    }
  ],
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “The Dead”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 231:",
          "text": "Her photograph stood before the pierglass.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "\"All the Pretty Horses\" by Cormac McCarthy (1992)",
          "text": "The candleflame and the image of the candleflame caught in the pierglass twisted and righted when he entered the hall and again when he shut the door."
        }
      ],
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        "A tall narrow mirror, usually set between two windows, above a pier table"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "mirror",
          "mirror"
        ],
        [
          "window",
          "window"
        ],
        [
          "pier table",
          "pier table"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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