glazier
/'gleizjə/
Definition
Noun: A person whose occupation is to cut, fit, and install glass, especially in windows, doors, and display cases.
Usage
A glazier is a skilled tradesperson. You use this word to refer to the professional who performs the specific job of working with glass in buildings and other structures. - We need to call a glazier to repair the broken window in the shop front. - The glazier measured the frame carefully before cutting the new pane of glass.
Advanced Usage
- Historical/Traditional Context: The term can also refer to a person who fits glass in leaded lights or stained-glass windows, connecting it to artistic and historical restoration work.
- The cathedral hired a master glazier to restore the medieval stained-glass windows.
Variants and Related Words
- Glazing (n): The act or profession of a glazier; also refers to the glasswork itself or the installation of glass.
- The glazing on the new building was completed last week.
- Glaze (v): To fit or furnish with glass. (Note: This verb is more commonly used for applying a glossy coating to pottery or food.)
- The contractor will glaze the balcony doors tomorrow.
Synonyms
- Glass cutter: A person who cuts glass to size. (This can be a more specific term for one aspect of a glazier's work.)
- Glass installer: A descriptive term for someone who installs glass.
Related Phrases/Compounds
- Glazier's point: A small, flat metal triangle used to hold a pane of glass in a wooden frame before putty is applied.
- He secured the glass with glazier's points.
- Glazier's hammer: A hammer with a specially shaped head for driving glazier's points and working with putty.
Noun
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someone who cuts flat glass to size
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