Definition of cullet
: broken or refuse glass usually added to new material to facilitate melting in making glass
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Origin and Etymology of cullet
perhaps from French cueillette act of gathering, from Latin collecta, from feminine of collectus, past participle of colligere
First Known Use: 1817
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