glair
/ɡlɛə(ɹ)/
glair noun: egg white, especially as used in various industrial preparations.
Noun
glair (countable and uncountable, plural glairs)
- Egg white, especially as used in various industrial preparations.
- If you beat an egg white until a froth forms on the surface, the clear liquid below the froth is glair.2021, Hana Videen, The Wordhord, Profile Books, published 2022, page 65
- Any viscous, slimy substance.
- Some rain fell during the past few days but had little effect on the river which remains very low and full of glair.1962, The Fishing Gazette, page 276
- She jacked with authority, knowing how to slick the glair over the glans with her thumb when it began to flow, how to pace a shaftlength voluptuous stroke with a whole slide from meatus to os pubis, how to work with a loving will.1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!
- A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.
Verb
glair (third-person singular simple present glairs, present participle glairing, simple past and past participle glaired)
- To smear with egg-white.
Forms of glair
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | glairs |
| alternative form | glaire |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | glairs |
| present participle | glairing |
| past participle | glaired |
| past | glaired |
Origin of glair
From Middle English glaire, from Old French glaire, from Vulgar Latin *clāria, a substantive use of Latin clārus (“clear”).
Words formed from glair
Words that rhyme with glair
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- declare
- hair
- Sinclair
- where
- ayr
- care
- layer
- mayor
- parterre
- fare
- glare
- lair
- pear
- prayer
- snare
- compare
- dare
- rare
- share
- swear
- ware
- wear and tear
- Ayer
- blare
- flair
- forbear
- Kerr
- laissez faire
- mousquetaire
- pare
- prepare
- repair
- stare
- unfair
- yare
- -ware
- abear
- aflare
- despair
- heir
- impair
- Pierre
- reair
- scare
- tare
- trillionaire
- Voltaire
- aware
Questions about glair
- What does glair mean?
- Glair means egg white, especially as used in various industrial preparations.
- What part of speech is glair?
- Glair can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce glair?
- Glair is pronounced /ɡlɛə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of glair?
- The plural of glair is glairs.
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