bottle-glass

Definition

bottle-glass (noun): A type of glass specifically manufactured for making bottles. It is typically green, brown, or clear, and is designed to be durable and resistant to breakage, often used for containing beverages, medicines, or other liquids.

Usage Examples

• (Glass intended for wine bottles.)
• (Fragments of glass from bottles.)
• (Glass used for making bottles, often from recycled material.)

Advanced Usage

• "bottle-glass green": a shade of green resembling the color of old glass bottles.

  • The vintage car was painted a deep bottle-glass green. (A dark green color similar to that of traditional bottle glass.)

• "bottle-glass thickness": used metaphorically to describe something very thick or opaque.

  • The lenses of his glasses were of bottle-glass thickness, distorting his eyes. (Extremely thick, like the glass of a bottle.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bottle (n): a container, typically made of glass or plastic, with a narrow neck.
  • She poured water from a bottle. (A container for liquid.)
• Glass (n): a hard, brittle, transparent substance made by fusing sand with soda and lime.
  • The window is made of glass. (The material itself.)
• Glassmaking (n): the craft or industry of producing glass.
  • Glassmaking requires high temperatures. (The process of creating glass.)

Synonyms

• Container glass: a broader term for glass used in making containers like bottles and jars.
• Flint glass: a type of glass used for high-quality bottles, especially for spirits.
• Soda-lime glass: the most common type of glass, often used for bottles.

Related Idioms

• "Not able to see through bottle-glass": an informal expression meaning to be very short-sighted or oblivious.
  • He couldn't spot the obvious mistake; it was as if he were looking through bottle-glass. (He was unable to perceive clearly.)
• "Bottle-glass stare": a fixed, blank, or unseeing look.
  • She gave him a bottle-glass stare, lost in her own thoughts. (A vacant, expressionless gaze.)