garden glass
garden glass noun: a globe of dark-coloured glass, mounted on a pedestal, to reflect surrounding objects; much used as an ornament in gardens in Germany.
Noun
garden glass (plural garden glasses)
- A globe of dark-coloured glass, mounted on a pedestal, to reflect surrounding objects; much used as an ornament in gardens in Germany.
- A cloche (normally bell-shaped glass, used for covering plants).
- for want of frames or any ſort of garden glasses, we often preferve cauliflower plants through the winter in a bed of common earth, covered occasionally with garden mats1791, Thomas Mawe, Every Man His Own Gardener
- With this implement we aimed high and low, shot blackbirds thirty yards off, cut up the shrubs, and broke cucumber-lights and hidden garden-glasses1864, Harry Jones, Holiday Papers
Forms of garden glass
| plural | garden glasses |
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Origin of garden glass
Possibly from German Gartenglas.
Questions about garden glass
- What does garden glass mean?
- Garden glass means a globe of dark-coloured glass, mounted on a pedestal, to reflect surrounding objects; much used as an ornament in gardens in Germany.
- What part of speech is garden glass?
- Garden glass is a noun.
- What is the plural of garden glass?
- The plural of garden glass is garden glasses.
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