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glass-rope

glass-rope noun: a vitreous sponge of the order Hexactinellida, with a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long glassy siliceous fibres twisted together.

Noun

glass-rope (countable and uncountable, plural glass-ropes)

  1. A vitreous sponge of the order Hexactinellida, with a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long glassy siliceous fibres twisted together.
    Synonyms:
    glass sponge

Synonyms of glass-rope

Forms of glass-rope

pluralglass-ropes

Questions about glass-rope

What does glass-rope mean?
Glass-rope means a vitreous sponge of the order Hexactinellida, with a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long glassy siliceous fibres twisted together.
What part of speech is glass-rope?
Glass-rope is a noun.
What is the plural of glass-rope?
The plural of glass-rope is glass-ropes.

Words near glass-rope in the dictionary

  1. glass-doors
  2. glass-faced
  3. glass-half-empty
  4. glass-half-full
  5. glass-hearted
  6. glass-rope
  7. glass-ropes
  8. glass-to-glass
  9. glass-works
  10. glassblower
  11. glassblower's cataract

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