Definition of cut glass
: glass ornamented with patterns cut into its surface by an abrasive wheel and polished
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The General gave me a warm smile, putting out his cigarette in the cut glass ashtray.
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In four figurative canvases, though, this stately march of earnest irony explodes into prismatic complication, with views of a halved and doubled cabaret figure seen as if through a cut glass chandelier.
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1761
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Definition of cut glass for English Language Learners
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: glass with patterns cut into its surface for decoration
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