GLAZE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | gleyz
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| Matching Terms: | | glaze over, glazed, Glazen, glazer, glazier, Glazing, Glazy
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- [n] coating for fabrics, ceramics, metal, etc.
- [n] a glossy finish on a fabric
- [n] any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods
- [v] become glassy; of eyes; "Her eyes glaze over when she is bored"
- [v] coat with a glaze, as of pottery, for example
- [v] apply a glaze to (ceramics)
- [v] coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
- [v] furnish with glass, as of a window
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| | Synonyms: | | candy, glass, glass, glass over, glaze over, sugarcoat |
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| | See Also: | | adorn, beautify, blur, burnish, change, coat, coating, decorate, double-glaze, dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, embellish, film over, finish, finishing, furnish, glaze over, gloss, glossiness, grace, luster, lustre, ornament, polish, provide, render, supply, surface, sweeten, topping | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Glaze\, v. i.
To become glazed of glassy.
\Glaze\, n.
1. The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything
used as a coating or color in glazing. See {Glaze}, v. t.,
3. --Ure.
2. (Cookery) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste,
and spread thinly over braised dishes.
3. A glazing oven. See {Glost oven}.
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