cullet

[ kuhl-it ]

noun

1. broken or waste glass suitable for remelting.

cullet

/ ˈkʌlɪt /

noun

1. waste glass for melting down to be reused

Word History and Origins

Origin of cullet¹

1810–20; variant of collet < Italian colletto glass blower's term, literally, little neck. See col, -et

Word History and Origins

Origin of cullet¹

C17: perhaps variant of collet (literally: little neck, referring to the glass neck of newly blown bottles, etc)

Example Sentences

She sourced more of these chunks, called cullet, from West Virginia, loading her Jeep and hauling hundreds of pounds of glass rocks through the mountains back to her Philadelphia studio.

From New York Times

“It’s getting more rare,” she said of the cullet.

From New York Times

The cullet is made from glass from kerbside collections and bottle banks, which is processed in a recycling hub at the port.

From BBC

It could be sold to glassmakers who would use it in their furnaces to make a new batch - the addition of cullet makes the melting temperature lower.

From BBC

The Port of Tilbury, London's major port, is the starting point for trains carrying up to 1,200 tonnes of raw glass cullet travelling to Cheshire, where it is turned into new bottles and containers.

From BBC