sheet glass

American  

noun

1. glass in sheet form produced by drawing or by the cylinder glass process.

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Etymology

Origin of sheet glass

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

THE presidential palace in Ankara is a 1,150-room modern fortress of stone pillars and sheet glass, completed for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2015 at an official cost of $615m.

From Economist • Aug. 25, 2016

He worked with sheet glass and embedded glass slabs in concrete and other substrates, a technique called dalle de verre.

From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2015

Architects took mass-produced sheet glass and combined it with structural steel to produce skyscrapers that invented a new city life.

From The Guardian • May 24, 2013

Then comes the industrial sheet glass, the theatrical balconies and monumental staircase.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2012

"Is sheet glass blown, Giusippe?" inquired Jean, as they went across the yard.

From The Story of Glass by Gray, C.P.