plateglass

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adjective

plate·​glass ˈplāt-ˈglas How to pronounce plateglass (audio)
-ˌglas
often capitalized
: of, relating to, or being the British universities founded in the latter half of the 20th century compare oxbridge, redbrick sense 2

plate glass

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noun

: rolled, ground, and polished sheet glass

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Noun
Working primarily in Chicago, Sullivan’s work often utilized steel-frame construction and large plate glass windows, defining the early skyscraper's vertical form. Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 6 June 2025 In a separate declaration, his wife describes the moment Khalil met his newborn son through the plate glass window of the detention center. Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 5 June 2025 An individual drove up to the party’s headquarters in Rancho Cordova and threw a large rock through the plate glass front window. William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2025 Although early games like Mortal Kombat allowed players to interact and sometimes kill opponents with stage hazards, in Tekken, there’s a special kind of attention paid to the level of detail when an enemy gets viscerally kicked through a plate glass wall into a courtyard a full story down. Veerender Jubbal, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for plateglass

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1968, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1728, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of plateglass was in 1728

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“Plateglass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plateglass. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.

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plate glass

noun
: fine glass in large sheets that has been ground and polished
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