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glass case

glass case noun: a vitrine fitted with a glass lid, allowing the enclosed objects to remain visible while preventing direct physical contact.

Noun

glass case (plural glass cases)

  1. A vitrine fitted with a glass lid, allowing the enclosed objects to remain visible while preventing direct physical contact.
  2. (historical) A case for field glasses (i.e. binoculars) or opera glasses.
    • Only a specimen of early tourist in knickerbockers, conspicuous by a brand-new yellow leather glass-case, hung about for a moment, scenting something unusual about these four people within the rusty iron gates of what looked the grounds run wild of an unoccupied private house.1911, Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes, Penguin Classics, published 2007, page 222

Forms of glass case

pluralglass cases

Questions about glass case

What does glass case mean?
Glass case means a vitrine fitted with a glass lid, allowing the enclosed objects to remain visible while preventing direct physical contact.
What part of speech is glass case?
Glass case is a noun.
What is the plural of glass case?
The plural of glass case is glass cases.

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