glazer
/'gleizə/
Definition
- 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.
Noun
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someone who cuts flat glass to size
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