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glass-blowing

noun

  1. the process of shaping a mass of molten or softened glass into a vessel, shape, etc, by blowing air into it through a tube
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈglass-ˌblower, noun
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Example Sentences

“He told me about a studio in downtown Tulsa where I could take a glass-blowing class as an elective at my community college,” says Mitchell, who was studying business at Tulsa Community College.

Also consider attending one of the many live glass-blowing demonstrations and lessons, as well as the guided tours of art exhibits, the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s public art collection and even Chihuly’s art studio.

There, archaeologists discovered pieces of raw glass, glass-melting furnaces, utilitarian glass vessels and debris from glass-blowing.

From Salon

My students created fun process stories about niche talents like woodworking and glass-blowing.

From Slate

At a glass-blowing studio, artist Chris Schutz cranked up a flame and transformed a piece of glass into a pipe that the couple added to their pile of souvenirs.

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