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glass cases

glass cases is the plural of glass case.

Meaning of glass case

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

Questions about glass cases

What is glass cases the plural of?
Glass cases is the plural of glass case.

Words near glass cases in the dictionary

  1. glass bottle
  2. glass bottles
  3. glass cannon
  4. glass cannons
  5. glass case
  6. glass cases
  7. glass ceiling
  8. glass ceilings
  9. glass child
  10. glass children
  11. glass chin

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