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DRINKING GLASS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking

Synonyms:

drinking glass; glass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("drinking glass" is a kind of...):

container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))

Meronyms (parts of "drinking glass"):

glass (a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drinking glass"):

beer glass (a relatively large glass for serving beer)

bumper (a glass filled to the brim (especially as a toast))

goblet (a drinking glass with a base and stem)

highball glass (a tall glass for serving highballs)

liqueur glass (a small glass for serving a small amount of liqueur (typically after dinner))

parfait glass (a tall slender glass with a short stem in which parfait is served)

rummer (a large drinking glass (ovoid bowl on a stem) for drinking toasts)

schooner (a large beer glass)

seidel (a glass for beer)

jigger; pony; shot glass (a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey)

brandy glass; brandy snifter; snifter (a globular glass with a small top; used for serving brandy)

tumbler (a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom)

water glass (a glass for drinking water)

wineglass (a glass that has a stem and in which wine is served)

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