plate·glass
ˈplāt-ˈglas 
-ˌglas
often capitalized
: of, relating to, or being the British universities founded in the latter half of the 20th century compare oxbridge, redbrick sense 2
: rolled, ground, and polished sheet glass
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William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2025
Although early games like Mortal Kombat allowed players to interact and sometimes kill opponents with stage hazards, in Tekken, there’s a special kind of attention paid to the level of detail when an enemy gets viscerally kicked through a plate glass wall into a courtyard a full story down.
—Veerender Jubbal, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2025
If your everyday commute also includes busting through a plate glass window and rappelling down a building, this is the backpack for you.
—Adrienne So, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2024
The name was printed on the plate glass frontage, but after a member of staff serendipitously put an A-board through said window, Martin took the opportunity to give his fledgling pub chain a quirky rebrand.
—Will Noble, CNN, 23 Nov. 2024
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Noun
An individual drove up to the party’s headquarters in Rancho Cordova and threw a large rock through the plate glass front window.
—William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2025
Although early games like Mortal Kombat allowed players to interact and sometimes kill opponents with stage hazards, in Tekken, there’s a special kind of attention paid to the level of detail when an enemy gets viscerally kicked through a plate glass wall into a courtyard a full story down.
—Veerender Jubbal, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2025
If your everyday commute also includes busting through a plate glass window and rappelling down a building, this is the backpack for you.
—Adrienne So, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2024
The name was printed on the plate glass frontage, but after a member of staff serendipitously put an A-board through said window, Martin took the opportunity to give his fledgling pub chain a quirky rebrand.
—Will Noble, CNN, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Plateglass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plateglass. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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