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juomalasi — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • glass noun A hard, usually transparent material made by melting sand with other minerals, used for windows, bottles, and similar items.
  • tumbler noun A flat-bottomed drinking glass without a stem, foot, or handle.

Senses

juomalasi is used for these senses in English:

  • glass (countable) A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
  • tumbler A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish their measure.

glass — full definition

  1. noun A hard, usually transparent material made by melting sand with other minerals, used for windows, bottles, and similar items.
  2. noun A drinking vessel made of this material, or the amount of liquid it holds.
  3. noun A mirror.

tumbler — full definition

  1. noun A flat-bottomed drinking glass without a stem, foot, or handle.
  2. noun A moving part inside a lock that must be aligned by the correct key before the bolt will open.

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