cut glass

noun

1. glass ornamented or shaped by cutting or grinding with abrasive wheels.

cut glass

noun

1. 1. glass, esp bowls, vases, etc, decorated by facet-cutting or grinding
   2. ( as modifier )

      a cut-glass vase

2. modifier (of an accent) upper-class; refined

Other Words From

• cut-glass adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cut glass¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Originally from Staffordshire, Bailey made his money as a partner in Neale & Bailey, a very successful retailer of china and cut glass in the late 18th and early 19th Century.

From BBC

“Several kinds of wine, in handsome cut glass decanters, were cooling on the sideboard,” one British officer reported later.

From Literature

His perpetually fit father simply provides too target-rich an environment, with a jaw line that still could cut glass four decades after his first film role in “The Outsiders.”

From Los Angeles Times

One officer had a hand wound from cut glass.

From Seattle Times

I’m standing beside a table laid out with a cloth and cut glass and matching china.

From Literature