"water glass" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: water glasses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} water glass (countable and uncountable, plural water glasses)
  1. A drinking vessel intended or used for water. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Vessels
    Sense id: en-water_glass-en-noun-HeudsWQa Disambiguation of Vessels: 16 13 18 26 27
  2. (inorganic chemistry) Any of various water-soluble silicate compounds, especially when occurring in dissolved, jelly-like form. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Inorganic chemistry, Vessels Synonyms: liquid glass, sodium silicate, soluble glass
    Sense id: en-water_glass-en-noun-y5Aej5Ow Disambiguation of Vessels: 16 13 18 26 27 Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. A water gauge for a steam boiler. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Vessels
    Sense id: en-water_glass-en-noun-jpDB7XX8 Disambiguation of Vessels: 16 13 18 26 27
  4. An instrument consisting of an open box or tube with a glass bottom, used for examining objects in the water, as upon the sea bottom in shallow places. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Measuring instruments, Vessels
    Sense id: en-water_glass-en-noun--fIg1fV9 Disambiguation of Measuring instruments: 20 9 5 58 8 Disambiguation of Vessels: 16 13 18 26 27
  5. A water clock. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Clocks, Vessels
    Sense id: en-water_glass-en-noun-kVZO3Y-~ Disambiguation of Clocks: 5 11 19 22 43 Disambiguation of Vessels: 16 13 18 26 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 11 27 22 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 18 23 22 34 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 15 24 21 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (water-soluble silicates): водно стъкло (vodno stǎklo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), vesilasi (Finnish), verre liquide [masculine] (French), su bardağı (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'water-soluble silicates': 2 31 21 16 30

Inflected forms

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