| ADJECTIVE | all | glassy | resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness |
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| all | glassy, glazed | (used of eyes) lacking liveliness | |
| all | glassy, vitreous, vitrified | (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing / fusing a vitreous solution to it |
| Sounds | glae'siy | |
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| Rhymes | absorbency ... Yangtze: 255 rhymes with siy... | |
| Meaning | resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness. | |
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| Broader | smooth | Having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities |
| Spanish | vidrioso | |
| Nouns | glass | a brittle / brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure |
| Meaning | (used of eyes) lacking liveliness. | |
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| Example | "a glassy stare" | |
| Synonym | glazed | |
| Broader | empty | holding or containing nothing |
| Spanish | vidrioso | |
| Meaning | (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing / fusing a vitreous solution to it. | |
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| Example | "glassy porcelain" | |
| Synonyms | vitreous, vitrified | |
| Category | ceramics | The art of making and decorating pottery |
| Broader | glazed, shiny | Having a shiny surface or coating / coating |
| Spanish | vidrioso, vitrificado | |
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