glassworks

[ glas-wurks, glahs- ]

noun

, (usually used with a singular verb)

, plural glass·works.

1. a factory where glass is made.

glassworks

/ ˈɡlɑːsˌwɜːks /

noun

1. functioning as singular a factory for the moulding of glass

Word History and Origins

Origin of glassworks¹

1620–30; glass + works (in the sense “manufacturing establishment”)

Example Sentences

In the glassworks and watercolors that he keeps in the studio where he has lived since the early 2000s, no religious motifs can be seen.

From Seattle Times

We wouldn’t be talking about Seattle art if we didn’t include some glassworks.

From Seattle Times

After all, the very Christmas ball itself — that ubiquitous ornament found on trees all over the planet — traces its origins to a glassworks in the Vosges.

From Washington Post

If you miss the presentation, TAM’s other galleries contain treasures of Northwest landscape paintings, Pilchuck School glassworks, and contemporary Indigenous portraiture.

From Seattle Times

The gleefully overdone, unapologetically lavish glassworks on view in “Sargent, Whistler and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano” offer nothing short of visual joy.

From Washington Post