glazer

/'gleizə/

Thân thiện

A glazer carefully measures a large sheet of glass.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who cuts flat glass to size: A "glazer" is someone whose job involves cutting sheets of flat glass to specific dimensions, typically for use in windows, doors, or other installations.
   • A person who applies a glaze: A "glazer" is also someone who applies a glossy, often vitreous, coating to objects such as pottery, ceramics, or food.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The glazer carefully measured the window frame before cutting the new pane.
  • She worked as a glazer in a pottery studio, applying the final shiny coat to ceramic mugs.

Advanced Usage

• "Master glazer": An expert in the craft of applying glazes, especially in ceramics or glasswork.
  • He was renowned as a master glazer for his unique, iridescent finishes on porcelain.

Variants and Related Words

• Glaze (verb/noun): The act of applying a glossy coating, or the coating itself.
  • The baker will glaze the doughnuts with a sweet icing.
• Glazing (noun): The process or business of fitting glass into windows, doors, etc.; also, the glass itself or the act of applying a glaze.
  • Double glazing improves a home's insulation.

Synonyms

• Glass cutter: A person who cuts glass.
• Pottery finisher: A person who applies final coatings to pottery.

Related Phrases

• Glazer's point: A small, sharp metal piece used historically to hold glass in a window frame before putty is applied.
  • The restoration required removing the old glazer's points.

Học thuật

Noun

1. someone who cuts flat glass to size

Từ đồng nghĩa

• glass cutter
• glass-cutter
• glassworker
• glazier