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glass-ropes

glass-ropes is the plural of glass-rope.

Meaning of glass-rope

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

Questions about glass-ropes

What is glass-ropes the plural of?
Glass-ropes is the plural of glass-rope.

Words near glass-ropes in the dictionary

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

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